Augustovicova, Dusana
Hadza, Radovan
Magyar, Adrian
Van Biesen, Debbie
Hruby, Michal
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic (1/0611/23)
Article History
Received: 23 July 2024
Accepted: 14 February 2025
First Online: 1 March 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical Committee of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia (UK5/2023) “Model of sport specific classification of top-level para-karate athletes”.
: This study utilized draw records of athletes, originally obtained from a publicly accessible database. To protect the privacy of the individuals, all data was anonymized, ensuring that no personal identifiers remained within the dataset. As the data was both anonymized and publicly available, ethical approval was not required for this study. The anonymization process adhered to relevant guidelines, includinghe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679, ensuring the confidentiality and privacy of the individuals involved. The data was fully anonymized, preventing any possibility of individual identification.
: The authors declare no competing interests.