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, 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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New Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 107-113, Spring 2025.ABSTRACT Popular culture exists as an expression of cultural history. It speaks to who we are, what we aspire toward, and where our generation stands in relation to the major issues of the day. This article is a conversation about the myriad perspectives offered in this issue of New Directions for Student Leadership, exploring the contributions each ...
Kathleen Callahan, Sean Connable
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PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games and athletes’ usage of ‘polyclinic’ medical services
BMJ 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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London 2012 Olympic Games: Challenges Faced by Islamic Olympians Fasting for Ramadan [PDF]
, 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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Climate Change and (Mal)Adaptation in Tourism‐Intensive Alpine Regions
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Tourism, especially in winter, accounts for a large share of economic income in Alpine regions. At the same time, these regions are more severely affected by climate change, leading to shorter winter seasons and reduced snow cover. This presents a pressing issue for areas reliant on income from winter tourism through activities such as skiing.
Valentina Ausserladscheider
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Mental health services at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sports Psychiatry, 2022 Masaki Nishida +6 more
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The Primary Pupils’ Knowledge Level about the Winter Olympic Games
Central 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
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Take Action: 2008 and Beyond [PDF]
, 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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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article argues that the current way of thinking about ethics in sport in primarily biomedical terms, and in particular in terms of the presence of particular pharmaceutical substances, fails to account for broader notions of sporting ethics and fairness in the Global South.
Michael Crawley, Uroš Kovač
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ROMANIA AND THE ROMANIAN ATHLETES AT THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
Sport şi Societate, 2017 The Olympic Games represent the concrete manifestation of the Olympism ideology, but also the greatest sports event in the world. The purpose of this paper is to present the evolution of Romania in The Summer Olympic Games.
Petrea R.G., Onose I.
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