Relationships between the Athlete Performance and the Conditioning Strategies in the Pre-Games Training Camps of the Top Medal Winning Countries at the 32nd Olympic Games (2020/Tokyo)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to clarify the athlete conditioning strategies conducted by the top medal-winning countries at their pre-event training camps towards the 32nd Olympic Games (2020/Tokyo). The top countries were surveyed on the environment and conditioning strategies at their pre-event training camps, and the relationships between the results of these surveys and the competition results were examined. The results showed that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the top countries conducted their pre-training camps as scheduled, and most of them were accompanied by medical and training instructors. In relation to the results of the competitions, the finding clarified that the countries that held their pre-training camps in the Kanto region had better results.