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Norouzi Seyed Hosseini R. Understanding the Lived Experiences of Athlete Elderly in COVID-19 Pandemic in Tehran (A Phenomenological Approach). Salmand: Iranian Journal of Ageing 2021; 16 (1) :46-61
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Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. , rasool.norouzi@modares.ac.ir
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Objectives: Epidemics create extensive socio-behavioral changes in all areas, sport is no exception. The current study aimed at understanding the lived experience of athletic older adults from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. 
Methods & Materials: The present qualitative research applied a phenomenological approach. The study participants were 16 athletic older adults in Tehran City, Iran who were selected by the purposive sampling method. Through in-depth and unstructured interviews, the required data were collected. The obtained data were analyzed using the seven-step Diekelman’s (1993) approach. 
Results: According to the obtained data, 4 categories of meanings were identified about the lived experiences of the explored elderly from the COVID-19 pandemic. These categories included the experiences of psychosocial isolation and thinking about death; the marginalization of older adult's sports; mood swings and lifestyle changes, and finding opportunities for sports activism.
Conclusion: These concepts of experiences in the life-world of athletic older adults in Tehran from the COVID-19 pandemic were the constitutions of their social action. In the case of proper analysis and application, they can be helpful in better managing professional sports in epidemics.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Social
Received: 2020/07/01 | Accepted: 2020/10/24 | Published: 2021/04/01

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