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Olympism as education: analysing the learning experiences of elite athletes [PDF]
Educational Review, 2012 Olympic athletes are potentially the most visible exponents of Olympic values. How athletes learn values, however, has not captured the attention of those responsible for Olympic documentation or pedagogues.
D M Barker +2 more
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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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Colonial Olympism: Puerto Rico and Jamaica’s Olympic Movement in Pan‐American Sport, 1930 to the 1950s [PDF]
International Journal of the History of Sport, 2016 This paper examines how two Caribbean islands, Puerto Rico and Jamaica, developed ideas of national identity while negotiating political emancipation within two distinct, yet allied Anglophone empires. We can see this process through the Olympic movement
Antonio Sotomayor
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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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Olympism Revisited in Relation to the Word Aretē in Ancient Greek Culture
Research in Sports Science, 2021 This study aimed to reanalyze Olympism as a so-called “philosophy” of life underlying the modern Olympic games, which is inspired by the ancient Olympic games in relation to ancient Olympic games and ancient Greek ideals, especially aretē.
Neslihan Filiz
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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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Politicising pandemics: Evidence from US media coverage of the World Health Organisation
Global Policy, Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 247-259, May 2023., 2023 Abstract During the COVID‐19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) was politicised in the United States (US) by Donald Trump in an effort to deflect blame as the virus spread. In this paper, we empirically investigate media coverage of the WHO in the US to better understand how negative evaluations of international organisations (IOs) spread ...
Jeffrey King, Andrew Lugg
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Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, Volume 111, Issue 2, Page 158-169, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Lung cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers, and surgical resection is the optimal choice for the primary lung tumor. But for the secondary lung cancer, chemotherapy and combined radiotherapy still are the main strategies. To realize the combined treatment for non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in this work, a nanoplatform based
Jian Xu +3 more
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