SHOT ANALYSIS OF ELITE WOMEN HANDBALL PLAYERS DURING ORGANISED OFFENSE ATTEMPTS by Athanasios YIANNAKOS

“…All matches of the eight finalists women’s National Teams competing at the 2008 Olympic Games, were recorded. The total number of attacks (n=3,264) was evaluated with video-analysis software. …”
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Zika Virus Overview: Transmission, Origin, Pathogenesis, Animal Model and Diagnosis by Dallas Vue, Qiyi Tang

“…ZIKV did not receive substantial attention until Brazil hosted the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, and ZIKV reached a global audience. ZIKV is a flavivirus transmitted chiefly through mosquito bites, sexual intercourse and, to a lesser extent, breastfeeding. …”
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“Inspired by real events”—Media (and) Memory in Steven Spielberg’s MUNICH (2005) by Thomas Nachreiner

“…Steven Spielberg’s 2005 film Munich tells the story of an Israeli counter-terrorist team in the aftermath of the hijacking and massacre at the Olympic Games in 1972. The film spawned broad discussion about its historical accuracy and its political standpoint. …”
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Design and application of unified big data platform of information system for the 14th National Games of the People’s Republic of China by Xinbo HUANG

“…In order to provide first-class information services for the 14th National Games of the People’s Republic of China, it is of great significance to establish a perfect unified big data platform of information system.At first, the core functionality of unified big data platform was expounded, and the platform technology framework was designed.Then, the key technologies of the platform such as competition private network data aggregation technology, big data distributed micro service architecture, data interaction function and 3D security system were analyzed respectively.Finally, according to the information service of the 14th National Games of the People’s Republic of China and the 11th National Games for Persons Disabilities ＆amp; the 8th National Special Olympic Games, the People’s Republic of China, the application of unified big data platform was analyzed.…”
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The Impact of Skinsuit Zigzag Tape Turbulators on Speed Skating Performance by Nando Timmer, Leo Veldhuis

“…At the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games, zigzag tape was introduced on the race suit lower legs and cap of speed skaters. …”
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O LEGADO EDUCATIVO DOS MEGAEVENTOS ESPORTIVOS by Katia Rubio

“…When in the late nineteenth centurywas celebrated for the first OlympicGames of the Modern Age and thecity of Athens hosted the competitionlittle was expected of an event thatbrought together hundreds of peoplewho practice sports as leisure-timeactivity and for no other purpose thanthe competition itself. …”
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Modely analýzy obalu dat s fixním součtem výstupů by Josef Jablonský

“…The results of the model are illustrated on the evaluation of efficiency ofcountries attending Winter Olympic Games 2022. They are compared with traditional DEA models. …”
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The Carbon Footprint of the Games – International Climate Change Law and the Olympics by Rebecca Schmidt

“…Olympic Games do not happen in a vacuum or a sports bubble. …”
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FROM EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING BIOCHEMISTRY IN THE HIGHER SCHOOL by Svetlana Andrusenko, Evgenija Denisova, Anastasia Filippova

“…Experience of holding the Olympic Games on biochemistry developing cognitive interest and creative abilities of students is given. …”
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Waiting for Tokyo by Chan, Edwin Fan Hao, Cheong, Merilyn Jia Ping, Chew, Yi-Xinn, Yuen, Alan Keng Mun

“…All of them are in pursuit of a common goal – qualifying for their first Olympic Games in Tokyo. Amid the pandemic, they are forced to prepare for the biggest competition in their lives in an atmosphere of uncertainty over the status of the Games. …”
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Istanbul or Tokyo: Sustainable future for olympics? by Polat, N.

“…Istanbul and Tokyo had a strong competition last year in order to organize the 2020 Olympic Games. They tried to give their bests.At the end, Tokyo won the bid with the majority votes of IOC members.Olympics application package of Turkey was very impressive. …”
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Mega-events and the climate: what’s the game? by David Gogishvili, Martin Müller

“…Carbon footprint of the Winter and Summer Olympic Games from 2000 to 2026 [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/Y1OCLT Martiskainen, M., & Sovacool, B. …”
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Espectro de lesiones en imágenes de tomografía computarizada y resonancia magnética, en deportistas que participaron en los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud Buenos Aires 2018. Nues... by Pablo Martín Sartori, Agustín Viña, Andrés Arcos, Fernando Roberts, Patricia Barasatián, Braian Yampolski

“…Results: 4012 athletes participated in Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018, with the particularity that the number of woman and male are equal. …”
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URSS vs. EEUU, RDA vs. RFA: Guerra Fría en los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano (1952-1988) (U.S.S.R. vs. USA, GDR vs. FRG: Cold War at the Summer Olympics (1952-1988)) by Mateo Rodríguez Quijada, Svetlana Molkova

“…During the Cold War (1947-1991), geopolitical issues influenced international sports events. The Olympic Games became a space not only for sports competitions, but also for political clashes. …”
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¿Es necesario seguir un ritual? explorando los usos sociales de los medios de comunicación by Bent Steeg Larsen, Thomas Tufte

“…Most notably, perhaps, are the so called media events (royal weddings, Olympic Games, state funerals etc.) that can be seen as occasional ritual celebrations of society, constructed and transmitted by electronic media. …”
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O PREÇO DE UM SONHO: a realidade do esporte que não é mostrada pela mídia by Verônica Lima Nogueira da Silva

“…This article discusses such differences, based on the findings of an academic research in which interviews were carried out with athletes and professionals of volleyball along with an analysis of the coverage by the Brazilian media of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Focused on the individual, it discusses the role the media plays in the shaping of an idealized image of athletes, through which they are raised to the status of a hero, a talented being equipped with superhuman abilities. …”
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STUDY ON THE INCIDENCE OF INJURIES IN FENCING by Ioana-Alexandra Radu

“…Fencing is one of the combat sports with the lowest injury rate at the Olympic Games.The aim of the study was to investigate the incidences of injuries of fencers, and involved 41 athletes, both male (58.54%) and female (41.46%), with an average age of 18.60±3.14 years. …”
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<b>School rituals: Notes on school Games and olympics as rituals</b> - doi: 10.4025/reveducfis.v23i2.13621 by Ana Gabriela Alves Medeiros, Fernanda Gonçalves Rios, Thaíse Ramos Varnier, Etyelle Ribeiro, Otávio Tavares

“…According to authors such as DaCosta (2000) and MacAloon (1984), Olympic Games are guided by values of the western modernity and celebrate them through its ceremonies. …”
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Thematic grouping for messages in major events by Wallace Pinheiro, Ricardo Fernandes, Luciene Souza

“…In the case of Major Events, such as the Football World Cup or the Olympic Games, the thematic grouping of every information may be overwhelming. …”
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Public spaces and neoliberal policies: The Greek case by Despina Dimelli

“…It focuses on specific periods as the Olympic Games, the economic crisis and today, to investigate the policies followed for public spaces development. …”
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