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Table S1: Brief description of each sport included in this study.

Sport Brief description

Netball A team sport played between two teams of
seven players. It is similar to basketball
although the rules, equipment and team
numbers are different. There is no dribbling; no
running with the ball; 7 players; ball passed
within 3 seconds; ball & basket slightly smaller;
no backboard; players designated to certain
areas. It is played indoors and outdoors.
Racewalking A long-distance discipline within the sport of
athletics. It is different from running in that one
foot must appear to be always in contact with
the ground. Typically held on either roads or
running tracks. Standard senior championships
distances on the road are 20km and 50km.
Cricket A team sport played between two teams of
eleven players each. It is a bat-and-ball game
played on a roughly oval grass field.
Professional cricket is usually played outdoors.
Baseball A bat-and-ball sport played between two teams
of nine players each, taking turns batting and
fielding. The game is played on an outdoor
diamond-shaped playing field.
Field Hockey A team sport structured in standard hockey
format, in which each team plays with ten
outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must
drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a
hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting
circle and then into the goal. Matches are
played on grass, watered turf, artificial turf,
synthetic field, or indoor boarded surface.
Golf A club-and-ball sport in which players use
various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes
on a course in as few strokes as possible. It is a
game played on a large outdoor course, usually
with 18 holes.
Rowing Sometimes called crew in the United States, is a
sport of racing boats using oars. Rowing is
divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep
rowing. In sculling, each rower holds two oars—
one in each hand, while in sweep rowing each
rower holds one oar with both hands. There are
several boat classes in which athletes may
compete, ranging from single sculls, occupied
by one person, to shells with eight rowers and a
coxswain, called eights. There are a wide
 variety of course types and formats of racing,
but most elite and championship level racing is
conducted on calm outdoor water courses 2km
long.
Rugby Sevens An outdoor team sport in which teams are
made up of seven players playing seven-minute
halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing
40-minute halves. The game is popular at all
levels, with amateur and club tournaments
generally held in the summer months.
Canoe Slalom Competitive sport with the aim to navigate a
decked canoe or kayak through a course of
hanging downstream or upstream gates on
river rapids in the fastest time possible.
Competitions are usually held outdoors.

*It’s important to note that playing a sport indoors doesn’t necessarily equal protection from
extreme heat.

Table S2: Additional participant characteristics.

Participant Ethnicity Political party Organisation

pseudonym most likely to governed by
support
Emma White Green Netball Australia
Andrew White Left leaning Athletics Canada
/ World Athletics
Jack White Green England Cricket
Club
Michael White Democrat Major League
Baseball
Jessica White Green Great Britain
Hockey
Oscar White Right leaning Swedish Athletics
/ World Athletics
Megan White Liberal Netball Australia
Matthew White Labour European Gold
Teaching
Federation
Sarah White Labour British Rowing
Hannah Mixed Democrat USA Rugby
Luke White Labour / Green Athletics
Australia
Table S3: Full interview guide.

Section 1: Knowledge and awareness Could you tell me what heatwaves mean to you?

What do you think causes a heatwave? How do

they occur?

Do you think heatwaves have become more

common in your lifetime?

Could you tell me about the impacts of

heatwaves?

Do you believe the impacts you have mentioned

are being felt now?

If yes, tell me more, why do you think that?

If no, when do you think these impacts will start

to be felt?

Do you think the impacts will change in the

future? If so, how and why?

Section 2: Attitudes and risk perceptions What is your opinion of heatwaves?

Could you tell me about the risks from heat?

How well informed do you feel about

heatwave risk?

If heatwaves were to happen more often, how

would that make you feel?

Section 3: Personal experience and behavioural Think of a time when you experienced a
response heatwave whilst competing in a sport
event, could you tell me about it?

Tell me about how the

heat affected you prior, during and after the
event?

Tell me about after the event, how did you

recover?

How did the heat affect the people around you?

Section 4: Effectiveness of heat preparation and How do you/your coach/team prepare for an
policies event in the heat?

Regarding the experience mentioned above, what

safety measures did you/your team put in
place for coping with the heat?

Section 5: Climate change activism
How effective do you think
these measures were?
Could you describe the safety
measures/policies the event organisers put in
place during the event? Were they effective?
How did you learn about these measures?
Could you describe the safety measures/policies
the event organisers put in place during the
event?
Do you have any ideas for other
measures/policies for protecting
athletes/staff/spectators during a heatwave?
Have you used your platform to talk about
climate change? If so, how and why? If not, could
you tell me why? Are there any barriers
preventing you from speaking about climate
change to the sport community?