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L’idéalisation des Jeux Olympiques par la presse brésilienne (1896-1920)
Amerika, 2023 1913 marked Brazil's admission into the Olympic movement with the country's entry into the IOC. From then on, the country participated in international sports competitions, including the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, before organizing the first regional
Marcelo Moraes e Silva +3 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.A laser pointer‐guided robotic grasping method for arbitrary objects based on promptable segment anything model and force‐closure analysis is presented. Grasp generation methods based on force‐closure analysis can calculate the optimal grasps for objects through their appearances. However, the limited visual perception ability makes robots difficult to
Yan Liu +5 more
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Olympism, the lost legacy in Thailand. [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2019 The purpose of this study was to analyze the lost Olympics legacy in Thailand so as to be to consistent with the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee: IOC was formed in 1894.
Suriyan Somphong +2 more
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Augmented Cooper test: Biomechanical contributions to endurance performance
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2022 Running mechanics are modifiable with training and adopting an economical running technique can improve running economy and hence performance. While field measurement of running economy is cumbersome, running mechanics can be assessed accurately and ...
Salil Apte +6 more
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Women in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games: An Analysis of Participation, Leadership, and Media Opportunities [PDF]
, 2010 This report is the third in the series that follows the progress of women in the Olympic and Paralympic movement. The report provides the most accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date examination of the participation trends among female Olympic and ...
Alison Wrynn, Maureen Smith
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Boycott of the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games as an Example of Political Play-Acting of the Cold War Superpowers [PDF]
, 2015 Sports boycott is one of the most important dimension of sport colliding with politics. The subject of the article is the boycott of the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984, one of the most spectacular boycotts, which was conducted by communist ...
Kobierecki, Michał Marcin
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
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IOC OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY PROGRAMS AND TURKISH NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES’S (TMOK) IMPLEMENTATIONS [PDF]
Pamukkale Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, 2012 Under the supreme authority of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Olympic Movement encompasses organisations, athletes and other persons who agree to be guided by the Olympic Charter. IOC is regarded as the most authorized organ.
Pınar Güzel, Selhan Özbey
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ancient Olympia was one of the most important sanctuaries and the venue for the Olympic Games in Greek and Roman times. Its remains are located in the Olympia Terrace (Peloponnese, Greece) at the present‐day confluence of the rivers Alpheios and Kladeos at the base of Mount Kronos.
Sarah Bäumler +10 more
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Women in the 2006 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games: An Analysis of Participation, Leadership and Media Coverage [PDF]
, 2006 Increasing women's participation in the Olympic Movement as participants and leaders has been a slow and challenging process. While the number of "events" open to female athletes has increased steadily during the past 30 years, the actual number of ...
Donna A. Lopiano +2 more
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