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Implications and Issues for London Site Residents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The Olympic Delivery Authority have agreed to undertake in the process of organizing the London 2012 Games, one of the biggest urban regeneration projects seen in Europe for many years, destined to create a new town the size of Exeter once the Games have
Jones, Ian, Sadd, Deborah
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PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games and athletes’ usage of ‘polyclinic’ medical services

open access: yesBMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2019
Objective This paper aims to describe the medical service of two polyclinics of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games and to analyse the injury and illness of athletes who visited the polyclinics during the oilympic period in order to provide some insight
Young-Hee Lee   +7 more
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My Olympic Experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Nadine (Ingersoll) Kincaid \u2776 shares stories of her experience serving as a volunteer at four Olympic ...
Kincaid, Nadine Ingersoll, \u2776
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The Regeneration Games: Commodities, Gifts and the Economics of London 2012 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper considers contradictions between two concurrent and tacit conceptions of the Olympic ‘legacy’, setting out one conception that understands the games and their legacies as gifts alongside and as counterpoint to the prevailing discourse, which ...
Amin A.   +40 more
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The Primary Pupils’ Knowledge Level about the Winter Olympic Games

open access: yesCentral European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine, 2016
The aim of this research was to find out the primary pupils´ knowledge level about the Winter Olympic Games in Banska Bystrica. The research file consisted of 261 second stage primary pupils, 145 boys and 116 girls at the age from 10 to 15, who ...
Karol Görner, Tomáš Kolofík
doaj   +1 more source

Take Action: 2008 and Beyond [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The Organizing Committee for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games issued the "Beijing Olympic Action Plan," which laid out guiding principles and a series of promises as part of Beijing's preparations to be host city.In 2003,Human Rights in China (HRIC ...
Carol Wang   +2 more
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Reputation and Mega-project Management: Lessons from Host Cities of the Olympic Games [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Hosting the Olympic Games is not merely a sporting endeavor, but is an undertaking that is fraught with political, socio-cultural and economic pressures.
Randeree, Kasim
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Promises, Promises [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
As host of the Olympic Games, China seeks to increase national economic and socialdevelopment and "display to the world a new image of China", and presents the Games as an opportunity to foster democracy, improve human rights and integrate China with the
Amy Tai, Elisabeth Wickeri, Ellen Payne
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London 2012 Olympic Games: Challenges Faced by Islamic Olympians Fasting for Ramadan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Fasting is a common practice among many religions in the world. In the ancient religions, fasting was observed as common religious practice associated with many religious festivals. Fasting was also observed in the Judaism and Christianity as part of the
Raj, R, Rashid, T
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Mental health services at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesSports Psychiatry, 2022
Masaki Nishida   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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