THE IDENTITY OF SPORT EVENTS USING LOGO DESIGN by Victor ADÎR, Nicoleta Elisabeta PASCU, George ADÎR

“…All over the world there are sport competitions, national, international or global (The Olympic Games, The World Football Championship, Women`s World Handball Championship etc.). …”
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Sport and nation building in Singapore : a delicate balance between spontaneous nationalism and bilateral ties, 1965-1977 by Wong, Jeremy Zhi Sheng

“…Moreover, this was reflected in the ruling party “sport for all” policy in the 1970s which emphasized mass-participation instead of winning gold medals in international competitions such as the Southeast Asia Peninsular (SEAP) Games and the Olympic Games. This binary divide of objectives between the PAP and national athletes inevitably led to tension between the former and latter.…”
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The history of events: ideology and historiography by Gold, John Robert, Gold, Margaret

“…Case studies of the Salzburg Festival, the visit of George IV to Edinburgh in 1822, and the history of the modern Olympic Games are used to illustrate these propositions in turn.…”
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Investigation of supplement use and knowledge among Japanese elite athletes for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic/Paralympic games and the Beijing 2022 winter Olympic/Paralympic games by Kanae Myoenzono, Jun Yasuda, Jun Yasuda, Eri Takai, Akiho Shinagawa, Noburo Kaneko, Takahiro Yoshizaki, Keiko Namma-Motonaga, Masae Yoshino, Emi Kondo, Emi Kondo, Kohei Nakajima, Mika Hangai, Kazuyuki Kamahara, Etsuko Kamihigashi, Shusuke Kusano, Akiko Kamei

“…Participants were categorized as follows: 1,040 participants in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, 83 in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, 239 in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, and 30 in the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games. …”
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Profesionalismus a amatérismus v zrcadle socialistického sportu [Professionalism and amateurism in the mirror of the socialistic sport] by Brigita Stloukalová

“…Olympic congress in Prague in 1925 established nobody could participate in the Olympic Games: 1) who was professional or had been professional wittingly in his sport or other one, 2) who received refund of wages. …”
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Catholic sports in Italy: after World War II until Second Vatican Council = Deporte católico en Italia: después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta el Concilio Vaticano II by Maria Mercedes Palandri

“…This period coincides with the years of the Second Vatican Council (CVII) on one side and the Olympic Games in Rome on the other, and wish to show the reciprocal influence that exist between these events. …”
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Analysis of shots in relation to the outcome in elite women's water polo matches. [Análisis de los lanzamientos en función del resultado en partidos de waterpolo femenino de élite]... by Cristina Menescardi, Antonio Tessitore, Isaac Estevan, Giancarlo Condello, Corrado Lupo

“…The aim of the current study was to investigate the shot performance of elite female water polo players according to their match outcome during three international tournaments, the 2012 Olympic Games, 2013 and 2014 FINA World Leagues. Twenty-four official matches footage [2012 Summer Olympic Games, n=8; 2013 FINA World League, n=8 and 2014 FINA World League, n=8] were obtained and analysed. …”
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Sources and sustainability of the cycle of high-performance competitive swimming in Serbia by Jevtić Branislav

“…Serbia's first swimming medals were won at the Olympic Games (OG), World Championships (WCh), and European Championships (ECh) in the senior and junior categories for both men and women, and the world and European records were set during the analyzed period (2000-2016). …”
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Understanding High Achievement: The Case for Eminence by Joseph Baker, Jörg Schorer, Srdjan Lemez, Nick Wattie

“…Even in a population of performers at the highest levels of performance and competition (e.g., participants in professional sports or those who compete at Olympic Games), there are those with obvious superiority compared to others in the cohort, such as those who win “most valuable player” awards or who are elected to the Hall of Fame. …”
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The competitive spirit in Flora by Soteria Yiannaki

“…In particular, it is found at the Phaestos Disc (Minoan era), as a holy tree at ancient Olympia (Holy Altis), as a prize at Panathenea and the Olympic Games and furthermore as a symbol of peace in the hands of the embattled goddess Athena. …”
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EVENTS IN/AND DISCOURSE: MEANING DISPUTES IN THE BRAZILIAN AND THE FOREIGN PRESS COVERAGE OF THE OCCUPATION OF A SLUM IN RIO DE JANEIRO BY POLICE FORCES by Andréa RODRIGUES, Lucia Maria Alves FERREIRA

“…The meanings of the events that took place in Rio de Janeiro are regulated by possible current narratives related to the memory of the city and to an immediate context related to the fact that the city will be hosting the 1914 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. The comparison of the discursive production in the above mentioned newspapers aims at identifying the processes of meaning production so as to answer the following questions: a) in which ways can different conditions of discursive production silence certain meanings and promote others in discourse; b) which would be the transparency effects in these newspaper discourses; c) how and why are certain meanings naturalized in some texts and questioned in others?…”
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Benefits of Judo Training for Brain Functions Related to Physical and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults by Takao Yamasaki

“…Judo is a well-known Japanese martial art that also features in Olympic games. Recently, an increasing interest has been observed in the application of judo as a multicomponent exercise, with a growing body of evidence showing that this feature improves physical and cognitive performance in older adults. …”
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MODERN METHODS APPLICATION OF GENOTYPING OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES PATHOGENS IN THE CONTEXT OF OPERATIONAL WORK OF SPECIALIZED ANTI-EPIDEMIC TEAM DURING THE XXII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES... by B. P Kuzkin, A. N Kulichenko, A. S Volynkina, D. V Efremenko, I. V Kuznetsova, E. S Kotenev, G. I Lyamkin, N. N Kartsev, V. P Klindukhov

“…The results of genotyping strains of pathogens during the Olympic Games are presented. A conclusion about the effectiveness of the use of molecular genetic techniques in terms of SAET is made.…”
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Tourism Events: Typologies and Management by bahram ranjbarian, mohamad zahedi

“…Tourism events have vast variety with respect to their types: from rehearsal of songs by residents in the city of Can in France, to Oscar Film Festival, from horse racing in Turkoman Sahara, to Athena Olympic games. and from a religious ceremony in Saint Tattoos church in Azerbaijan. to hajj pilgrim, all of them provide religious. business, recreation. and shopping motives for people from all over the world to travel. …”
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Issues of the international image of Russia in the modern world by A. Yermekbayev, D. Akimbek, Ni Meng

“…Modern attacks on Russia are connected with these issues, an active campaign is being conducted to reassess the results of the Second World War, monuments to Soviet soldiers are being demolished in Eastern Europe, their graves are being desecrated, Russia is being accused of using doping in sports, and the anthem was banned at the Olympic Games. Key words: Russia, Soft power, image, perception, propaganda, Crimea, Putin, regime. …”
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Responsible Leadership in Sport: An Ethical Dilemma by Kathleen Rodenburg, Louise Hayes, Lianne Foti, Ann Pegoraro

“…A current ethical dilemma faced by agents associated with the Olympic games serves to demonstrate the magnitude and challenges related to resolving ethical dilemmas in the sport industry. …”
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Budgeting practices: a study on Brazilian hotel companies by Paula de Souza, Rogério João Lunkes

“…Another motivation is the lack of research on hotel companies in developing countries, and it should also be considered that Brazil will host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016, which requires a suitable hotel structure to receive a large number of athletes and tourists. …”
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STUDY REGARDING THE MEN'S 50M FREESTYLE AT THE 2013 BARCELONA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP by Galeru Ovidiu

“…The 2013 Barcelona World Swimming Championships have confirmed once again the conclusion of various specialists and statistics that the results recorded at the World Championships following the Summer Olympic Games are more valuable from a performance standpoint. …”
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Evaluation of layback spin in figure skating by Jastšenjski Ksenija, Mandarić Sanja

“…Different techniques of executing layback spin with variations in changing the positions of free parts of the body, as well as the evaluation of layback spin in accordance with ISU rules and regulations, which have been used in all International Skating Federation competitions since 2004 (World and European championships, Olympic Games) are presented in this paper. Due to very difficult position of the body while performing a layback spin, it is essential that the skaters who want to master it should have excellent agility (especially of the spinal column and shoulder and knee joints) and balance. …”
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The Fastskin Revolution From Human Fish to Swimming Androids by Jennifer Craik

“…Introduced in 1999 and ratified for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, fastskin swimsuits were touted as revolutionising competitive swimming. …”
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