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“The birth of the association of European National Olympic Committees and its stakes during the 1960s to 1970s” [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingThe initiative to associate the European National Olympic Committees was launched in the 1960s by the French Olympic Committee and its president at the time, Count Jean de Beaumont.
Florent Lefèvre
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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
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Olympic Education in France: A Legacy Issue or the Promotion of a Model in Crisis?
Social Sciences, 2022 Both the promoters of Olympism and the organisers of the Olympic Games regularly employ the term legacy. In this context, the use of education as a tool constitutes an important stake.
Michaël Attali, François Le Yondre
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Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity, 2021 As the title makes it clear, this article concerns the anthropological issue involving the figures of an Olympic athlete and a Himalayan climber. On a broader, philosophical level, I consider and explain the differences between Olympism and Himalaism, as
Andrzej Pawłucki
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Clinical Medicine, 2003 Winning an Olympic gold medal represents the pinnacle of achievement in any sporting event, to do so with diabetes is almost miraculous. This report outlines the history and management of Steven Redgrave's diabetes, and describes the physiology associated with the extremes of human endurance and the difficulties that this presents.
Ian W, Gallen +2 more
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Chrześcijańska tożsamość olimpijskiego motta citius – altius – fortius [PDF]
Język. Religia. Tożsamość, 2023 In this article, the author will attempt to show the Christian identity of the citius-altius-fortius motto, which is the basic motto of Olympism. It was introduced during the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 by its creator Pierre de Coubertin.
Jolanta E. Kowalska
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Jurnal Pendidikan Jasmani dan Olahraga, 2020 The basic principle of Olympism aims to make sport as a harmonious human development tool to create a peaceful society and to respect human dignity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Olympism values in the context of a positive development
Alen Rismayadi +3 more
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The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2021 Participation in physical activity, Physical Education (PE) and sport has been recognised as a powerful learning tool for education, providing a universal language for contributing to valuable life principles. Values-based education implies that learners
Cherese F. Jones, Charl J. Roux
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The Olympic Games and the “Soft Power” of the World’s Leading States
RUDN Journal of Public Administration, 2022 The article is devoted to the study of the role of the Olympic Games in the structure of the “soft power” of the state, as well as the transformation of the “soft power” tools associated with the Olympic movement in recent years.
Alla A. Shishkina
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Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, 2018 Research backround and hypothesis. The research focuses on school pupils’ attitudes towards Olympism values and Olympic education. We hypothesised that in schools implementing integrated Olympic education programme, pupils more associated human values ...
Saulius Šukys, Daiva Majauskienė
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