A century after the inaugural Winter Games in Chamonix, sports science has fundamentally reshaped how athletes train and compete on snow and ice. The 12 papers in this Topical Issue represent the current frontier of this evolution: the result of an international collaboration involving 46 researchers from 15 countries. By uniting clinical expertise with the physiological and medical challenges defining elite performance, this collection provides a visionary roadmap for the modern Winter Olympian
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