Editorial: Harnessing artificial intelligence in sports science: enhancing performance, health, and education

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force within sports science, enabling unprecedented advances in the understanding, monitoring, and optimization of human performance, health, and learning processes. The increasing availability of high-resolution data derived from wearable technologies, tracking systems, video analysis, and digital learning platforms has necessitated the adoption of advanced analytical frameworks capable of managing complexity, non-linearity, and interindividual variability. Within this context, the present research topic brings together eleven contributions that collectively demonstrate how AI-driven methodologies can enhance performance analysis, support health-oriented decision-making, and foster innovation in sports performance, health, and education.