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Spread of Knowledge on Olympism in School Applying the Integrated Programme of Olympic Education
Research background and hypothesis. The present study deals with the Integrated Programme of Olympic Education in school. We hypothesized that pupils in schools where this program was executed would have more knowledge on Olympism.
Daiva Majauskienė +2 more
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May the blessed Man win: a critique of the categorical preference for natural talent over doping as proper origins of athletic ability [PDF]
Doping scandals can reveal unresolved tensions between the meritocratic values of equal opportunity + reward for effort and the "talentocratic" love of hereditary privilege. Whence this special reverence for talent? We analyze the following arguments: (1)
Bonte, Pieter +2 more
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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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Олімпізм в історії фізичної культури України
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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The sources and interpretation of Olympic Law [PDF]
In this article, Mark James and Guy Osborn discuss how the relationships between the various members of the Olympic Movement are governed by the Olympic Charter and the legal framework within which an edition of the Olympic Games is organised.
Alexandre +6 more
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MODEL OF FORMING PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS TO THE MODERN OLYMPIC MOVEMENT
Modern Olympism is a powerful public sporting movement, which has unlimited possibilities for the propaganda of the ideas of humanism, internationalism and morality.
Iryna Malyarenko +3 more
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The Regeneration Games: Commodities, Gifts and the Economics of London 2012 [PDF]
This paper considers contradictions between two concurrent and tacit conceptions of the Olympic ‘legacy’, setting out one conception that understands the games and their legacies as gifts alongside and as counterpoint to the prevailing discourse, which ...
Amin A. +40 more
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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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Re-thinking the Legacy 2012: The Olympics as commodity and gift [PDF]
This paper opens discussion about the nature of Olympic ‘legacy’ and articulates a contradiction in the way ‘legacy’ is conceived - between ’gift’ and ’commodity’ (Mauss 1954).The The paper argues that establishing working definitions and parameters for ‘
Gregory C. +4 more
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Gene doping: Olympic genes for Olympic dreams [PDF]
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 ...
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