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Olympics Legacy: the London Olympics 2012 [PDF]
, 2010 The reasons for proposing a London 2012 bid are outlined in the light of London city planning over the past sixty years. The processes influencing the bid for the London 2012 Olympics are investigated in respect of the lessons from Barcelona and Sydney.
Gulsen, Guler, Holden, Robert
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The Economic Journal, 2009 Why should countries offer to host costly ‘mega-events’ such as the Olympic Games? We show that hosting a mega-event increases exports. This effect is statistically robust, permanent and large; trade is over 20% higher for host countries. Interestingly, unsuccessful bids to host the Olympics have a similar impact on exports.
Andrew K. Rose, Mark M. Spiegel
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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
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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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Türk antrenörlerinin Modern Olimpiyat Oyunları hakkındaki farkındalık düzeylerinin belirlenmesi
Spormetre Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, 2013 Bu araştırmanın amacı, Türk antrenörlerinin Modern Olimpiyat Oyunları hakkındaki farkındalık düzeylerinin belirlenmesidir. Araştırmaya Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı’nda 21-60 yaşları arasında, farklı spor dallarında antrenörlük yapan 249 erkek, 34 kadın ...
Murat Şentuna
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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
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The Journal of Asian Studies, 2020 In March 2020, Prime Minister Abe Shinzō, the Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee, and the International Olympic Committee postponed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for one year. The delay is the most prominent consequence of the COVID-19 crisis in Japan thus far. But the “Corona Calamity” (korona ka) is bigger than the Olympics. The totality of the disaster is
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Talking about the 'rotten fruits' of Rio 2016:framing mega-event legacies [PDF]
, 2021 Legacy has become a watchword of hosting mega-events in recent years, used to justify massive spending and far-reaching urban transformations. However, academic studies of legacy outcomes suggest there is only limited evidence for the efficacy of using ...
Talbot, Adam
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Gene doping: Olympic genes for Olympic dreams [PDF]
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2011 As we approach the London 2012 Olympics, sport finds itself facing a highly specific threat to its ethos of fair play. Defined by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as ‘the non-therapeutic use of genes, genetic elements and/or cells that have the capacity to enhance athletic performance’,1 gene doping presents a range of challenges to those involved ...
Lucy, Battery +2 more
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Treatment needs and impact of oral health screening of athletes with intellectual disability in Belgium [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Special Olympics Special Smiles (SOSS) is an initiative created for oral health data collection and education in oral hygiene for athletes with an intellectual disability.
Fernandez Rojas, Carla +3 more
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