Abstract
This study analyzes issues related to safety accidents during triathlons, measures the level of priority in addressing safety issues, and develops triathlon safety measures. With purposeful sampling, we selected 20 experts(seven professors and researchers, eight race staff and referees of the triathlon association, and five paramedics). We conducted three-round surveys with the same sample number and analyzed using the Delphi and Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) methods. There are 16 factors in triathlon race safety issues categorized into four groups(safety plan and budget, safety precautionary measures, safety personnel, safety training and guidelines). The analysis prioritized the factors in the following order: (1) Lack of experienced professional safety personnel. (2) Low participation of triathlon athletes in safety education. (3) Lack of job duty training of safety personnel. (4) Lack of information sharing and cooperation among safety-related agencies. (5) Inadequate First-Aid manual per accident. (6) Lack of campaign on the importance of safety measures and guidelines. (7) Short on safety activity budget. (8) Problems in the allocation and distribution of safety personnel. (9) Lack of information sharing of the danger zone between the participants and race organizer. (10) Lack of information sharing between the safety-related agencies and race organizer. (11) Insufficient number of participating safety-related agencies. (12) Lack of safety activity campaign and cooperation towards the spectators and residents near the race. (13) Lack of safety precautionary measures according to site inspection. (14) Lack of reasonable budget allocation. (15) Lack of safety precautionary measure during night events. (16) Inadequate safety guideline to different types and scales of the race. We expect the triathlon administrator to utilize the study results as a basic reference for a safer competition.
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