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The Events of the Olympic Games
The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1980The Olympic Games have evolved from simple sports festivals to the spectacular events they are today. The authors describe their evolution and suggest an uncomfortably close parallel to modern society.
R, Howell, M L, Howell
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The Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism, 2008
August 8 to 24 2008 is when the 29th Olympiad is being held from Beijing, China. Sarah Cruickshank explains how to use this event in the classroom
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August 8 to 24 2008 is when the 29th Olympiad is being held from Beijing, China. Sarah Cruickshank explains how to use this event in the classroom
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THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND THE OLYMPIC IDEAL
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1956• The Olympic Games are of such a personal nature to the world that they can even override serious political differences between countries. Here is presented how athletic training, the forerunner of the games, had its beginning. In considering the trials and tribulations that befell the growth of gymnastic exercise, it will be seen that physicians are ...
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Telecommunications and the Olympic Games
IEEE Communications Magazine, 2001Telecommunications are used intensively both during the preparation phase of the Olympic Games, which lasts seven years and involves thousands of persons, and during the Olympic Games themselves. They cover all sectors of the organization. Telecommunications have to be fully reliable and available in order to support the success of the Olympic Games.
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Medical Journal of Australia, 1956
Sport is an old word in the English language, dating back to at least 1440. Originally meaning any pastime or diversion, it soon came to refer particularly to games carried on in the open air and to a series of athletic contests; a little later, to the endeavor to take or kill wild animals, game, or fish.
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Sport is an old word in the English language, dating back to at least 1440. Originally meaning any pastime or diversion, it soon came to refer particularly to games carried on in the open air and to a series of athletic contests; a little later, to the endeavor to take or kill wild animals, game, or fish.
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Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 2001
ABSTRACT The Olympic Games occur every 4 years, but with the schedule change following the 1992 Winter Games, there are actually games held every 2 years, alternating between Summer and Winter Games. Given the world's interest in the Olympic sports, including a fascination with world and Olympic records, a plethora of sites have sprung up on the ...
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ABSTRACT The Olympic Games occur every 4 years, but with the schedule change following the 1992 Winter Games, there are actually games held every 2 years, alternating between Summer and Winter Games. Given the world's interest in the Olympic sports, including a fascination with world and Olympic records, a plethora of sites have sprung up on the ...
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Current Sports Medicine Reports, 2016
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus that is mainly transmitted via a bite from a female mosquito of the Aedes species. However, ZIKV can be transmitted sexually or via blood. Due to the recent ZIKV outbreak in South and Central America, many national and international organizations are concerned about the safety of athletes, coaches, staff ...
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus that is mainly transmitted via a bite from a female mosquito of the Aedes species. However, ZIKV can be transmitted sexually or via blood. Due to the recent ZIKV outbreak in South and Central America, many national and international organizations are concerned about the safety of athletes, coaches, staff ...
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Telecommunications at the olympic games
IEEE Communications Magazine, 2001Koichi Asatani +3 more
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Expatriate Coaching, Olympism and the Olympic Games
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 2012The practice of hiring foreign coaches to lead national teams has been on the rise and is especially visible at the Olympic Games. It has been criticised in both the receiving and the lending countries as a breach of patriotic duty. In a recent publication I defended expatriate coaching as a morally unobjectionable practice with many beneficial effects.
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