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Olympic legacy and cultural tourism: Exploring the facets of Athens' Olympic heritage [PDF]
, 2013 This study examines the effects of the Olympic Games on Athens’ cultural tourism and the city’s potential to leverage the Olympic legacy in synergy with its rich heritage in order to enhance its tourism product during the post-Games period.
Alexiou C. +36 more
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The Journal of Asian Studies, 2020 In March 2020, Prime Minister Abe Shinzō, the Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee, and the International Olympic Committee postponed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for one year. The delay is the most prominent consequence of the COVID-19 crisis in Japan thus far. But the “Corona Calamity” (korona ka) is bigger than the Olympics. The totality of the disaster is
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The causal economic effects of Olympic Games on host regions
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2021 This paper studies the effects of hosting Olympic Games on the regional economy in the short- and long-run. For identification, runners-up in the Olympic bidding process are used to construct the counterfactual for Olympic host regions. In the short-run,
Matthias Firgo
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The sources and interpretation of Olympic Law [PDF]
, 2012 In this article, Mark James and Guy Osborn discuss how the relationships between the various members of the Olympic Movement are governed by the Olympic Charter and the legal framework within which an edition of the Olympic Games is organised.
Alexandre +6 more
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Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles 1932: The Story of the Czechoslovak Olympic Team
Sport i Turystyka, 2019 A lot has been already written on the Czechoslovak results at the Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles in 1932. However, not much is known about the journey of the Czechoslovak team to the venue and back. This text focuses on this adventure, describing
Zdeněk Škoda
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Gene doping: Olympic genes for Olympic dreams [PDF]
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2011 As we approach the London 2012 Olympics, sport finds itself facing a highly specific threat to its ethos of fair play. Defined by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as ‘the non-therapeutic use of genes, genetic elements and/or cells that have the capacity to enhance athletic performance’,1 gene doping presents a range of challenges to those involved ...
Lucy, Battery +2 more
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International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism, 2018 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Consensus Statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) : 2018 ...
M. Mountjoy +13 more
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British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020 Objectives To describe and compare the epidemiology of competition injuries in unarmed combat sports (ie, boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling) in three consecutive Olympic Games.
R. Lystad +4 more
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Preparing athletes and teams for the Olympic Games: experiences and lessons learned from the world's best sport psychologists [PDF]
, 2014 As part of an increased effort to understand the most effective ways to psychologically prepare athletes and teams for Olympic competition, a number of sport psychology consultants have offered best-practice insights into working in this context.
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International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2020 Our aim in this invited commentary is to stimulate discussion among sport psychology researchers and practitioners regarding the unique developmental challenges and possibilities that Olympic and Paralympic athletes are undergoing during their final ...
N. Stambulova +3 more
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