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Periodic health evaluation in athletes competing in Tokyo 2020: from SARS-CoV-2 to Olympic medals

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2023
Background The Tokyo Olympic games were the only games postponed for a year in peacetime, which will be remembered as the COVID-19 Olympics. No data are currently available on the effect on athlete’s performance.Aim To examine the Italian Olympic ...
Antonio Pelliccia, Erika Lemme, Maria Rosaria Squeo, Barbara Di Giacinto, Viviana Maestrini, Antonio Spataro, Giuseppe Di Gioia, Sara Monosilio, Alessandro Gismondi, Marco Perrone, Emanuele Gregorace, Ruggiero Mango, Silvia Prosperi   +12 more
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A strength-oriented exercise session required more recovery time than a power-oriented exercise session with equal work [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
The present randomized cross-over controlled study aimed to compare the rate of recovery from a strength-oriented exercise session vs. a power-oriented session with equal work. Sixteen strength-trained individuals conducted one strength-oriented session (
Christian Helland, Magnus Midttun, Fredrik Saeland, Lars Haugvad, Daniela Schäfer Olstad, Paul Andre Solberg, Gøran Paulsen   +6 more
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Assessment of the oxidative-antioxidant status and aerobic performance of elite skiers-racers in the dynamics of training cycle at moderate altitude

Спортивная медицина: наука и практика, 2020
Adaptation to hypoxia is an integral part of elite athletes training at various stages of the training and competition season. One of the key issues in the use of additional hypoxic stimulation methods is the potential risk of oxidative stress ...
A. A. Grushin, I. E. Zelenkova, E. N. Dudnik, O. S. Glazachev, S. V. Zotkin, P. V. Korneev, S. V. Koprov, D. Kh. Almyashev   +7 more
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The social responsibility of the Olympic Games: Olympic women. [PDF]

, 2017
This paper will review the history of women’s involvement in the Olympic Games, how gender is socially (re)constructed through these events, current issues facing women who compete at the Olympic/Paralympic level, and what social responsibility the ...
Pike, Elizabeth
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The current situation and strategy of Olympic education for primary and secondary school students based on Science- Technology- Engineering- Art- Mathematics education in the context of physical literacy

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
The purpose of this paper is the influence of Science- Technology- Engineering- Art- Mathematics (STEAM) education on the Olympic education of primary and middle school students. The research object is the Beijing Olympic model school.
Jia Li, Lei Yuan
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Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019)

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2019
Mental health symptoms and disorders are common among elite athletes, may have sport related manifestations within this population and impair performance.
C. Reardon, B. Hainline, C. Aron, David A. Baron, A. L. Baum, Abhinav Bindra, R. Budgett, Niccolo Campriani, J. Castaldelli-Maia, A. Currie, J. Derevensky, I. Glick, Paul Gorczynski, V. Gouttebarge, M. Grandner, D. Han, D. McDuff, M. Mountjoy, A. Polat, R. Purcell, M. Putukian, S. Rice, Allen K. Sills, Todd Stull, L. Swartz, Li Jing Zhu, L. Engebretsen   +26 more
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Athlete mental health in the Olympic/Paralympic quadrennium: a multi-societal consensus statement

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2020
This consensus statement is the product of the Second International Think Tank on Athlete Mental Health, held on the initiative of the International Society of Sport Psychology. The purposes of the Think Tank were to engage international sport psychology
Kristoffer Henriksen, R. Schinke, S. McCann, N. Durand-Bush, K. Moesch, William D. Parham, C. Larsen, K. Cogan, Amber Donaldson, A. Poczwardowski, F. Noce, J. Hunziker   +11 more
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Modulators of the Personal and Professional Threat Perception of Olympic Athletes in the Actual COVID-19 Crisis

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is now a major global health issue, affecting world population and high-performance athlete too. The aim of the present research was to analyze the effect of psychological profile, academic schedule, and gender in the perception of ...
V. J. Clemente-Suárez, J. P. Fuentes-García, Ricardo de la Vega Marcos, María J. Martínez Patiño   +3 more
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The Governance of the Olympic System: From One to Many Stakeholders

Journal of global sport management, 2021
This paper describes how the number of stakeholders involved in staging the modern Olympic Games has grown and how this growth affects the resulting (Olympic) system’s governance.
Jean-Loup Chappelet
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Olympic Winter Games in Non-Western Cities: State, Sport and Cultural Diplomacy in Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022

International Journal of the History of Sport, 2021
The summer and winter Olympics share the five-ring logo. However, their social and political connotations differ. The Olympic Winter Games displays an aura of a game for the rich and powerful. A few aspiring nations intend to host this luxurious sporting
J. Lee
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