The Economic Journal, 2009 Economists are skeptical about the economic benefits of hosting "mega-events" such as the Olympic Games or the World Cup, since such activities have considerable cost and seem to yield few tangible benefits. These doubts are rarely shared by policymakers
Andrew K. Rose, Mark M. Spiegel
core +5 more sources
For a new world ranking of countries in elite sport—correlation between competition level and bibliometrics in Olympic sports [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingIntroductionThe Olympics remain today the largest multidisciplinary sports competition in the world, and the Olympic Medal Table has been dogmatically followed by media, scholars, and sports administrators, as the mainstream measurement of the countries’
Nadim Nassif, Grégoire Millet
doaj +2 more sources
Coaching unified sports: associations between perceived athlete improvement, barriers, and coach attitudes across five European countries [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyPurposeThis study aimed to examine how perceived athlete improvement, perceived barriers to implementation, and selected coaching characteristics are associated with coaches’ attitudes toward Unified Sports programs.
Maciej Wilski +16 more
doaj +2 more sources
Off Thin Ice: After Decades of Media Abuse, it Took Hollywood to Repair Tonya Harding’s Image and Reputation [PDF]
Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, 2023 This qualitative study examines Tonya Harding’s experiences after she was excoriated by news media in the 1990s and given an opportunity in 2017 to tell her story through the film, I, Tonya.
Adam Pitluk +2 more
doaj +1 more source
City & Society, 2020 AbstractExpectations of urban upgrading projects in light of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro oscillated between hopeful prospects and pessimistic anticipation. The different opinions were clearly interwoven with stark socioeconomic inequalities and urban segregation.
Derks, Sanne +2 more
openaire +3 more sources
Developing and implementing a public health co-research program for Special Olympics athletes
Research Involvement and Engagement, 2023 Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities are often the subject of research while rarely being included in formulating research questions, planning studies, and making decisions related to protocols and analyses. In turn, most research
Anna-Mariya Kirova +7 more
doaj +1 more source
The Olympic Village and the Olympic Urbanism: Perception and Expectations of Olympic Specialists
Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, 2023 The editions of the Olympic Games (OG) created a major urban transformation, which allowed for a new critical perspective on the new urban dimension of the Mega-Event, especially in the construction of the three main physical elements built: the athletics stadium, the swimming pool facilities and, above all, the “Olympic Village”.
openaire +5 more sources
Media events in an age of the Web and television: Dayan and Katz revisited
Nordic Journal of Media Studies, 2022 When Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz published their seminal book Media Events: The Live Broadcasting of History in 1992, television occupied centre stage, whereas computer networks were only beginning to be used. Since the late 1990s, television and digital
Brügger Niels
doaj +1 more source
Gamification of sports media coverage: an infotainment approach to Olympics and Football World Cups [PDF]
, 2020 Sports media coverage of mega-events is partly oriented to gamification, the use of game elements and game design techniques in non-gaming contexts. This infotainment approach to events has been developed by media outlets as an original and effective way
Rojas-Torrijos, José Luis
core +1 more source
The synergistic combination of trimetazidine, hypoxen and L-carnitine in endurance sports
British Journal of Pharmacy, 2022 In 2022 Winter Olympics, a 15-year-old star figure skater got into the limelight of a doping scandal after testing positive for trimetazidine along with hypoxen and L-carnitine, raising questions on their role in high performing endurance sports.
Hamid A Merchant
doaj +1 more source