{
  "abstract": "During the Dubai Tennis Championships, British player Emma Raducanu became visibly distressed and approached the match umpire to seek refuge. It is now understood that a man who had been exhibiting fixated behaviour towards Raducanu was in the audience. Since this event, Raducanu states she was ‘unable to see the ball through her tears’1 after spotting the man who had been following her off-court in public areas and had been present at previous matches in Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Doha. This was not Raducanu’s first distressing encounter with a fan; in 2022 another man was given a 5-year restraining order and was charged with stalking-related offences. Raducanu is just one of many women athletes openly speaking out about being stalked and the impact on their sporting experience. American basketball player, Caitlyn Clark, sprinter Gabby Thomas and rugby athlete Ilona Maher have all shared their concerns around their safety, predatory behaviour and the stalking they have experienced while competing as an athlete.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK"
      ],
      "name": "E Kavanagh"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Family Medicine, McMaster University Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada",
        "Games Group, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland"
      ],
      "name": "Margo Mountjoy"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands"
      ],
      "name": "Lauranna Teunissen"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium"
      ],
      "name": "Bram Constandt"
    }
  ],
  "title": "’I’m outside, and I’m going to hurt you’: the dark side of stalking in sport",
  "uid": "b032cb43-3c00-5896-a570-a3137f2eec69"
}