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...changes to his training programme, to win Olympic Gold in the 200m swimming freestyle. But what is it about these athletes that allows them to bounce back, be resilient, and take positives from such adversity into future performances? Personal qualities that support athletes to be resilient The research on Olympic champions by Fletcher and Sarkar (2012) identified five...

...changed course. Moving from tennis back to track and field, we find the inspirational athlete Mary Peters who, in 1972, already Commonwealth champion, became a heroine to British sport when she won the only British gold medal of the Munich games in the Pentathlon. With the Troubles in Northern Ireland at its peak, Peters’ victory was poignant for reasons beyond simply...

...changes that may increase their risk of an ACL injury. This includes the generalised laxity of ligaments, dominance of the quadricep muscle in knee stabilisation and higher turning forces occurring at the knee (Marmura, Bryant and Getgood, 2021). It has been proposed that sex hormones (e.g. relaxin, progestin and oestrogen) may increase the risk of an ACL injury in...