Five people were dead a week into this year's Isle of Man Tourist Trophy.
Riders race on closed public roads in the summer motorcycle racing event to set the fastest times.
Only one year since 1937 has there been no fatalities at one of the worst athletic events.
Only one year since 1937 has there been no fatalities at one of the worst athletic events.
Mark Purslow, César Chanal, Davy Morgan, and Roger and Bradley Stockton died at the Isle of Man TT this year.
There are other extreme fatality sports. Base jumping kills 1 in 2,317 people, according to a health research.
Other dangerous sports were skydiving and skiing.
Hazel Southwell, a motorsports writer, covered Formula 2, where Anthoine Hubert died in 2019.
Southwell doesn't think these activities should be defined by deadly risk, even if they're always risky.
“There's an acceptance that for it to be sporting and competitive, there has to be a reasonable assumption that it can be done uninjured, with injury an outlier event,” she says.
Southwell feels organised tournaments are different from extreme sports like base jumping, where people may consent to danger.
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