scholarly journals Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016

Kinesiology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-210
Author(s):  
Rafael Lima Kons ◽  
Jorge Nelson Da Silva Júnior ◽  
Gabriela Fischer ◽  
Daniele Detanico
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Judo Athletes ◽  
Paralympic Games ◽  
The Olympic Games

The purpose of this study was to compare the athletes’ scores, penalties and efficiency between the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016, and identify which variable determined the winner of the matches. A total of 608 matches in the Olympic and Paralympic Games were analysed. Total relative scores (ippon, waza ari and yuko), penalties (shido per match) and efficiency were identified in the male and female categories, Olympic and Paralympic Games, and medallists and non-medallists. The main results showed that waza ari was higher in the Olympic Games (p=.05) than in the Paralympic Games (male team); ippon was higher in the Paralympic Games (p=.05) and shido was higher in the Olympic Games (p=.05) (female team). The male Olympic medallists were more efficient (p=.01), while the female Paralympic medallists were less penalised (p=.01). Ippon was the key variable that determined winning in both the Olympic and Paralympic matches (p<.001). We concluded that the male Olympic judo athletes showed greater efficiency and scores than Paralympians, while the female team presented more scores and fewer penalties. Ippon was the key point that determined victory in most of the matches.

The prince and the pauper: Journalistic culture and Paralympic games in the Spanish print press

Journalism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 1713-1729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josep Solves ◽  
Sebastián Sánchez ◽  
Inmaculada Rius
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
The Media ◽  
Spanish Press ◽  
Motor Sports ◽  
Paralympic Games ◽  
The Olympic Games

The Paralympic Games are one of the world’s most important multisport events, maybe second only to the Olympic Games. However, research conducted to date shows that the media do not devote as much space to them as would accordingly be expected. This article proposes, through a case study, a new way of approaching this hypothetical discrimination by comparing the attention that the London Paralympic Games received from the Spanish print press with the attention that other sports received (football, basketball, tennis, cycling, motor sports and other minority sports) while those Games were being held. The main finding of our study is that over the period analysed, the Spanish press devoted less space to the Paralympic Games than to any other sport.

scholarly journals Multilingualization Experiment of Geographical Name Information Using Vector Title Format

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Masaki Suga ◽  
Koji Otsuka ◽  
Yoshikazu Honda
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
Web Browsers ◽  
Web Map ◽  
Transformation Rules ◽  
Simplified Chinese ◽  
The Web ◽  
Paralympic Games ◽  
The Olympic Games

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Multilingualization of geographical name information has been required to support foreign visitors to the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games to be held in Tokyo in 2020 and to correspond to the rapid increase of foreign visitors in recent years. GSI has prepared geographical name information in English and it has been already released. To expand this effort, we have conducted the experiment to translate geographical name information in Japanese and English into French, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese automatically and to prepare a multilingual map using vector tile format. To be specific, we prepared transformation rules for translation of geographical name information, and implemented the Javascript codes of transformation rules to deploy in combination with the existing Javascript library group which controls display on the web map. Thus, we developed a web map system which automatically generates geographical name information in these targeted languages on web browsers.</p>

Injuries in male and female elite Korean wrestling athletes: a 10-year epidemiological study

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. 430-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ki Jun Park ◽  
Je Hoon Lee ◽  
Hyun Chul Kim
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Injury Severity ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Lower Extremities ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
Weight Class ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
The Olympic Games

ObjectivesTo report injury patterns associated with the training activities of elite male and female South Korean wrestling athletes preparing for the Olympic Games.MethodsFrom 2008 to 2017, we prospectively collected data on elite wrestling athletes at the Korea National Training Center. Athletes were assessed by two sports medicine doctors, and data were stratified according to sex, wrestling style, weight class, injury location and injury severity. Χ2tests were used to compare groups. Injury risk was expressed in relative ratios with 95% confidence intervals (RR, 95% CI).ResultsThere were 238 male and 75 female elite wrestlers. Training time totalled 382 800 hours. We recorded 1779 injuries in 313 athletes aged >18 years (annual average, 4.04 injuries/athlete); 59% of these were mild injuries. When all athletes were considered, most injuries occurred in the lower extremities (37.5%), followed by the upper extremities (27.4%), trunk (25.4%) and the head and neck area (9.7%). Weight class significantly influenced injury severity for both wrestling styles among male athletes (Greco-Roman, P=0.031; freestyle, P=0.028), as well as among female freestyle wrestling athletes (P=0.013). The relative ratio of injury incidence for the lightweight class compared with the heavyweight class was high for Greco-Roman style compared with freestyle (RR 1.13, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.27; P=0.011).ConclusionsAmong male and female South Korean elite wrestling athletes training for the Olympic Games, most injuries were mild and occurred in the lower extremities. Weight class influenced injury severity in both wrestling styles, and lightweight athletes had higher injury rates.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF REPORTING ON MALE AND FEMALE ATHLETES IN SERBIAN MEDIA DURING THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN LONDON 2012

2020 ◽  
pp. 491
Author(s):  
Nenad Stojiljković ◽  
Nebojša Randjelović ◽  
Danijela Živković ◽  
Danica Piršl ◽  
Irena Stanišić
Keyword(s):  
Female Athletes ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
London 2012 ◽  
Local Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Women In Sports ◽  
The Olympic Games

The main goal of this paper was to find out more about how and to what extent the local media reported on sporting events at the 2012 London Olympics and to determine the difference in reporting on male and female athletes in the local media. The subject of the research are newspaper articles about sports in electronic news editions, which influence the formation of the media image about athletes, and which can contribute to the affirmation or marginalization of women in sports. In this research for collecting data and information about athletes at the Olympic Games, three media sources were used: RTS, KURIR and POLITIKA. The data have been collected since the opening of the Olympic Games until their official closing ceremony and every day was thoroughly processed in all three media sources. The information included information on the gender of the author of the text, the number of photos in the text, the number of words in the text, the gender of the actors who are on the photos, the level of exposure of the actor's bodies in the photos, the emotions in the photos, the angle of the camera, individual and group display of athletes, active or passive on-site and out-of-court conditions. Generally speaking, the findings of this research in the media space of Serbia show that there is still an imbalance in the way men and women athletes are represented, and that in this respect, there is a need for certain changes in this issue.

scholarly journals Hamstring Avulsion Injuries

2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 192-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Benjamin-Laing ◽  
T Fayad ◽  
FS Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Beijing Olympics ◽  
Beijing Olympic Games ◽  
Muscle Groups ◽  
Large Muscle ◽  
Paralympic Games ◽  
The Olympic Games

Times have changed since the Olympic Games in 1896, where 241 athletes representing 14 nations competed. The Beijing Olympics in 2008 included 10,977 athletes from more than 200 nations. The Olympic Games are the biggest multisport event and often represent the pinnacle of an athlete's career. Olympic and sporting history is full of tales of woe from athletes who have been unfortunate to experience an injury to the lower extremity during an event. 10% of athletes competing at the Beijing Olympic games in 2008 sustained injuries with 50% of these injuries preventing the athletes from participating in competition or training. Similar percentages have been reported in disabled athletes during the Paralympic Games. Half of these injuries may affect the lower limb and in explosive athletes with large muscle groups around the pelvis, hamstring avulsions are more common.

Beyond Olympic Legacy: Understanding Paralympic Legacy Through a Thematic Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Misener ◽  
Simon Darcy ◽  
David Legg ◽  
Keith Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
The Body ◽  
Major Event ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Paralympic Games ◽  
The Olympic Games

Over the last decade a great deal of work has examined major sport event legacies and event leverage. Much of this work has involved Olympic studies and this paper seeks to add to the body of knowledge surrounding major sport event legacies by examining the largely overlooked area of the Paralympic Games. The Paralympic Games are the second largest multisport event after the Olympic Games depending upon which parameters are used and since Sydney 2000 there has been an ‘operational partnership’ where bid cities are required to host both Games. Yet, few studies have evaluated the comparative outcomes, legacies and event leverage that Paralympic games have generated. This paper addresses this absence by conducting a thematic analysis of Paralympic legacy research. The thematic analysis used a combination of keywords involving event legacy across 13 major academic databases. Of the 43 articles identified as having Paralympic legacy related content only 13 articles empirically investigated Paralympic legacy. In reviewing the research, it is noted that the bulk of the research has focused on Summer Paralympic Games with little interest in the Winter Paralympic Games. The major findings for legacy-based research include: infrastructure; sport; information education, and awareness; human capital; and managerial changes. However, while these findings may seem congruent with major event legacies frameworks conceptually, an examination of the detailed findings shows that Paralympic legacy research is isomorphic and adds a new component to existing legacy dimensions.

scholarly journals Paralympians competing in the olympic games and the potential implications for the paralympic games

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Leonardo Jose Mataruna-Dos-Santos ◽  
Andressa Fontes Guimaraes-Mataruna ◽  
Daniel Range
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Qualitative Case Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Media ◽  
Paralympic Games ◽  
The Olympic Games

The 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, held in Rio de Janeiro, reignited public interest and discussion around Paralympic athletes attempting to qualify for, and compete at, the Olympic Games. That Paralympians have sought to compete at the Olympic Games is, however, not new. This paper looks at the largely unrecognised and often underreported history of Paralympians competing at the Olympic Games and addresses why it is that Paralympians may wish to compete at the Olympic Games. To do this we use historical examples, but also look at the contemporary cases of 3 such athletes: Jason Smyth, Alan Fonteles Cardoso and Markus Rehm. The paper also explores whether or not with advances in medical and prosthetic technologies, as well as potentially increased income and funding, we can expect to see more Paralympians attempting to crossover and compete in the Olympic Games in the future. The methodology used is one of qualitative case studies. The research question was: "What can be learned from the media coverage of Smyth, Oliveira and Rehm’s attempts to qualify for the Olympic Games?” We identify the type of editorial (political, social, cultural, sportive, educational, economic or gossip column); whether or not pictures were used (type of approach - sportive, personal or disability) and the narrative interpretations. We argue that how newspapers choose to report on the aims of Paralympians wishing to compete in the Olympics and the level of coverage that they receive it important. This level of depth of coverage suggests both positive and negative implications for the Paralympic Games, should this trend of athletes wishing to crossover continue.

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