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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Sleep Sci 2023; 16(04): e486-e488
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1776754
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Jet Lag and COVID-19: Extra Challenges for Athletes during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Isabela Antunes Ishikura
1   Departamento de Psicobiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
,
Ellen Maria Sampaio Xerfan
2   Post-Graduate Program in Translational Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
,
Allan Saj Porcacchia
1   Departamento de Psicobiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
,
Sergio Tufik
1   Departamento de Psicobiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
3   Sleep Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
,
Monica Levy Andersen 
1   Departamento de Psicobiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
3   Sleep Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Abstract

Participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games demanded great efforts and had become extremely challenging compared with previous competitions. In addition to the physical performance of each modality, athletes had to deal with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and jet lag. The present manuscript pointed out negative factors that encompass the COVID-19 pandemic and the features brought out by the jet lag experienced by the athletes of this last Olympics. The influences of the pandemic and the procedures adopted to reduce transmission risk of the virus may have amplified the weight of jet lag for the athletes of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, even more considering the occurrence of this event in the far east of the globe.

Keywords

sleep - jet lag - athletes - Olympic Games - COVID-19

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Our studies are supported by the Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa (AFIP), São Paulo, Brazil. ASP is the recipient of a grant from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP; grant 2021/05920-7). MLA is recipient of Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) (#2020/13467-8) fellowships. No funding or sponsorship was received for the publication of this manuscript. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. All named authors take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole and have given their approval for this version to be published.




Publication History

Received: 27 September 2022

Accepted: 17 January 2023

Article published online:
22 November 2023

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