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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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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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’Team GB’ and London 2012: The Paradox of National and Global Identities [PDF]
, 2010 This article explores the problems associated with ’national identity’ in the UK and examines the tensions arising between the international and local dimensions of the games through examples of domestic (UK) and international (Brazil, Chicago) media ...
MacRury, Iain +4 more
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Olympism, physical education and culturally responsive pedagogies
, 2017 The ubiquitous forces of the globalisation of sport and other social constructs, such as economic and political, create cultural necessities for physical education (PE) to connect and celebrate diversity, yet at the same time, commit to contextualised ...
Culpan, Ian
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Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2022 In recent years, sport reflects the most painful trends in social development, economics, culture, and international politics.Major international sporting events of the summer 2021 reveal, according to authors, the crisis of Olympism and degradation of ...
E. V. Khakhalkina, A. V. Munko
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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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Olympism Education:Teaching and learning Olympism in a New Zealand secondary physical education programme [PDF]
, 2010 As a physical education teacher educator and Olympic educator I have become conscious that many physical education teachers have heard of Olympism, but are confused about what it encompasses.
Thorn, Sandra Anne
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Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Volume 24, Issue 12, Page 6869-6882, June 2020., 2020 Abstract WD‐repeat proteins are implicated in a variety of biological functions, most recently in oncogenesis. However, the underlying function of WD‐repeat protein 41 (WDR41) in tumorigenesis remains elusive. The present study was aimed to explore the role of WDR41 in breast cancer.
Han Wang +5 more
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Materiales para la Historia del Deporte, 2020 El inicio del boxeo femenino y su primer combate dentro de los eventos que constituyeron los Juegos de San Luis de 1904 se produjo a pesar de no contar con el beneplácito ni de Coubertin ni de otros sectores sociales médicos, que argumentaban los ...
Mª Eugenia Martínez-Gorroño +1 more
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Олімпізм в історії фізичної культури України
Фізичне виховання, спорт і культура здоров’я у сучасному суспільстві, 2022 The Relevance of the Research. Ever since ancient times, Physical Education (PE) has been undergoing a process of formation, development, and enhancement in the territory occupied by modern Ukraine, and now it has become an integral part of ethnic ...
Anatolii Tsos, Nina Dedeluk
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