A British sports medicine specialist is hoping the Winter Olympic Games will give new insights into the impact of injury on athletes.
Dr Debbie Palmer-Green, from Nottingham University medical school, has become an expert in studying the issue following the 2012 Olympic games in the UK.
She has been asked by the International Olympic Committee to continue her research at the latest games in Sochi, Russia.
She aims to study each injury, noting how it happens and how long competitors take to recover.
She says her work will help improve prevention of injuries.
Her last piece of research involved 322 high performance athletes studied between 2009 and 2012.
She says it helped to identify the risks faced by athletes.
Dr Palmer-Green said: "The IOC has been running injury surveillance for the last five summer and winter Olympic Games.
"The aim of surveillance research is to monitor and protect the athletes’ health long-term.
"Governing bodies have a duty of care to monitor what goes on and to identify any potential risks and then make changes to reduce those risks. The IOC work aims to do this during the pinnacle international sporting event, the Olympics."
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