Morally Incompatible?: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Competitive Sport and International Relations at the Olympic Games

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesar R. Torres
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Competitive Sport ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Olympic Games

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Swimming Performance and Time Parameters of the Start and Turn

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-117
Author(s):  
Ľuboš Grznár ◽  
Daniel Jurák ◽  
Jana Labudová
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Swimming Performance ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
Swimming Training ◽  
Time Parameters ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Olympic Games

Summary The start and the turn are factors that influence performance in different swimming disciplines. The aim of this study was to find out the relationship of selected time parameters of the start and the turn with sport performance of 100 m and 1 500 m freestyle finalists in the Olympic Games 2016. Monitored parameters of the start were the start reaction, time under water after the start, and time at a distance of 15 m after the start. The monitored parameters of the turn were the time of 5 m before the turn, the duration of the turn, the time under water after the turn, and time reached at a distance of 15 m after the turn. There was any significant correlation of the resulting time to 1 500 m and the observed start indicators. The significant correlation of the resulting time to 1 500 m and the observed turn indicators was time 5 m before the turn r = 0.952 (p = 0.000); the duration of the turn r = 0.830 (p = 0.011); time at a distance of 15 m after the turn r = 0.886 (p = 0.003). The significant correlation of the resulting time to 100 m and the observed start indicators was time under water after the start r = −0.714 (p = 0.047). The significant correlation of the resulting time to 100 m and the observed turn indicators was the duration of the turn was r = 0.905 (p = 0.002). The results point out the existing relations between 100 m freestyle and time under water after start and duration of the turn. And for 1 500 m existing relations with time 5 m before the turn, the duration of the turn and time at a distance of 15 m after the turn. Therefore, our recommendations for sports practice include development of speed, power and coordination skills with technical execution of the start and the turn into regular swimming training.

Destination Image and Intent to Visit China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather J. Gibson ◽  
Christine Xueqing Qi ◽  
James J. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Beijing Olympic Games ◽  
2008 Beijing Olympic Games ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Olympic Games

Although there is growing awareness of the relationship between hosting mega-sporting-events and destination image, there is little empirical evidence documenting what images people hold before an event. The purpose of this study was to investigate the images young Americans hold of China both as a tourist destination and as the host of the 2008 Olympic Games. Specifically, the relationships among destination image, travel intentions, and tourist characteristics were explored. A total of 350 college students were surveyed before the close of the Athens Olympic Games. Overall, the respondents perceived China and the Beijing Olympic Games positively. Destination image was significantly (p< .05) predictive of the intention to travel to China and the Olympic Games. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that destination image partially mediated the relationship between past international travel experience and intention to travel. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed with a view to promoting China as a tourist destination and the host of the Olympic Games.

scholarly journals PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCES IN COMPETITIONS: LATVIAN ORIENTEERING DEVELOPMENT EVIDENCE

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 395
Author(s):  
Baiba Smila ◽  
Andra Fernāte
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
International Competition ◽  
Mathematical Statistics ◽  
Weak Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Olympic Games

Previous efforts to depict sport development opportunities resulted in a sport development metaphor, the participation pyramid (Sotiriadou, Shilbury & Quick, 2008).  The base of the sport development metaphor represents the relationship between mass and elite participation (Shilbury, Sotiriadou & Green, 2008) and medals won during the Olympic Games (Sotiriadou, De Bosscher, 2013). The most important international competitions may, therefore, best represent overall sport systems (Sparvero, Chalip, & Green, 2008), but competition opportunities for athletes are the factor contributing to elite success. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between mass and elite orienteers’ participation and elite orienteers’ performances at the most important national and international orienteering competitions. Methods: the official most important orienteering national and international competition results from 2001 to 2016 were obtained from the websites of each annual organizing committee, linked to the International Orienteering Federation website and mathematical statistics was conducted. The results confirmed a strong, medium and weak relationship between mass and elite orienteers’ participation and elite orienteers’ performances in the most important national and international orienteering competitions. Orienteers’ movement up the participation pyramid is not automatic. 

scholarly journals Sport Mega-Events and Displacement of Host Community Residents: A Systematic Review

2022 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio M. Rocha ◽  
Zixuan Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Community Residents ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Olympic Games

The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic literature review to understand how empirical data have informed the knowledge about the relationship between hosting sport mega-events and displacement of host community residents. Following the PRISMA protocol, we conducted a search of academic and gray literature in sport, social sciences, and humanities databases. We excluded conceptual papers, conference abstracts, and works that discuss urban transformation or displacement but are not related to sport events. We also excluded works that associate sport mega-events with urban transformations but are not related to resident displacement. From the initial 2,372 works reviewed, 22 met the inclusion criteria. In empirical studies, displacement of residents has been studied exclusively in the context of the Olympic Games, since Seoul 1988, but with a higher frequency in most recent Games (Beijing, London, and Rio). The gigantism and the sense of urgency created by the Olympic Games may explain why this event has been frequently associated with resident displacement. Findings showed that residents suffered either direct, forced evictions or indirect displacements. The selected studies show a contradiction between the discourse of sport mega-events guardians for supporting the United Nations Sustainable Goals (SDG) and the practice of human rights within host cities of such events.

scholarly journals Olympic Education as an Intergenerational Relation of the Third Degree

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-110
Author(s):  
Takayuki Hata ◽  
Masami Sekine
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Competitive Sport ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Third ◽  
Intergenerational Relation ◽  
Sport Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Sport ◽  
Olympic Education ◽  
The Olympic Games

Olympic Education as an Intergenerational Relation of the Third DegreeThe 30th anniversary meeting of the Japanese Society for the Philosophy of Sport and Physical Education was held in September 2008. It has been over 30 years since this society was established. Nevertheless the tendency and recent trend in sport philosophy in Japan have not been conveyed abroad. The good reason behind this may be the language barrier between English and Japanese. This makes it difficult to spread the activities on sport philosophy in Japan throughout the world. The question arises as to whether sport philosophy in Japan has the same trend and tendency as sport philosophy in Western countries. We would like to report on sport philosophy in Japan, especially on its characteristics and future perspectives, in order to contribute toward the international development in this field. Sport was introduced into Japan from Western countries in the Meiji period when a national isolation policy in the Shogunate Government of the Edo period finished. The Japanese accepted and have been developing it as a means of school physical education. This fact shows why sport philosophy in Japan has its origins not in sport as culture but in sport in physical education at school. The Japanese philosophy of sport society was not founded by philosophers. It was founded and has been administered by experts in teaching sport and physical education. They recognized several reasons why sport philosophy widened its object from school physical education to sport as the cultural and public phenomenon in the 1960s. Competitive sport was recognized with Japan taking the opportunity of staging the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964. This happened because the nation was strongly interested in the competitive sport, and in particular in the Olympic Games. The object of sport philosophy came to be taken for the social meaning of this competitive sport. Also, the change of the Japanese mind structure from common consciousness to self-consciousness, which was affected by the understanding of the human being in the Western culture, made sport a certain action of personal meanings. We would like to suggest a future perspective of the sport philosophy in Japan.

scholarly journals Individualization of preparation in artistic gymnastics for the Olympic Games (based on the materials of artistic gymnastics men’s all-around finals)

2018 ◽  
pp. 60-69
Author(s):  
Oleg Verniaiev ◽  
Oksana Omelianchik-Ziurkalova ◽  
Yurii Saliamin ◽  
Edvard Dobrovolskii
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
Competitive Performance ◽  
World Championship ◽  
Training Plan ◽  
Additional Control ◽  
The World ◽  
Silver Medal ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Olympic Games

Objective. To identify the relationship between training loads and competitive performance under individualized training in artistic gymnastics for the Olympic Games. Methods: analysis of data from specialized scientifi c and methodological literature; analysis of the competition protocols of 8 fi nalists in gymnastic all-around competition of the international competitions: European Championships, the World Championship, the World Cups, the Olympics Games in the period from 2015 to 2016; statistical analysis methods. Results. The paper addresses individualization of training of highly qualifi ed gymnasts within the macrocycle for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. It was found that the training plan for highly qualifi ed gymnasts can diff er greatly from the standard plan. The principle of an individual approach to the distribution of training and competitive loads provided by the personal coach of Oleg Vernyayev was analyzed. We found that there are relationships between training volume, participation in additional control-simulation training sessions and competitive performance. The data of the protocols of men's gymnastic all-around competitions for the period from 2015 to 2016, which shows the performance of Oleg Vernyayev was studied. At the qualifying World Championship, the athlete fi nished in fourth with a score of 89.625 points, and 8 months later, at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, Oleg Vernyayev won a silver medal with a score of 92.266. Conclusion. On the basis of the obtained data, it was established that individualization of Oleg Vernyayev training was planned taking into Account the individual capabilities of the gymnast and with the appropriate timing of the fi nal competitions.

scholarly journals Statehood and the Olympic Games

AJIL Unbound ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 380-384
Author(s):  
Ryan Gauthier
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
International Olympic Committee ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
International Sport ◽  
Simple Narrative ◽  
The Olympic Games

Sport is a useful area of study to test assumptions of international law. International law has traditionally focused on states and on international organizations that oversee specialized areas of human activity. International sport is overseen by an NGO—the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Yet sport is of great interest to states, serving as a testing ground of national superiority by providing a simple narrative of “winners” and “losers” in competition. Meanwhile, entities that are not yet states have historically been able to participate in international sport more readily than in other areas of international relations. This essay will examine the connection between participation in the Olympic Games and claims to statehood. In doing so, this essay will outline the modern approach to statehood, consider sport's role in that approach, and examine two case studies: the German Democratic Republic, and Kosovo.

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