Structural Analysis of Women’s Heptathlon by Freya Gassmann, Michael Fröhlich, Eike Emrich

“…Data analysis was based on the data recorded for the individual performances of the 10 winning heptathletes in the World Athletics Championships from 1987 to 2013 and the Olympic Games from 1988 to 2012. In addition to descriptive analysis methods, correlations, bivariate and multivariate linear regressions, and panel data regressions were used. …”
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Programming of Ukrainian National athletic team’s preparation. by Yevhen Hutsol, Leonid Pylypei

“…Among the participants of the experiment are the winners of the Olympic Games and world championships, champions and winners of the European championships, champions of Ukraine. …”
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New application of blockchain: digital currency model design in the context of Winter Olympics by Feng Zihuan, Liang Xun

“…Taking the Beijing Olympic Games as an example, this paper analyzes the problems that may occur in the use of digital RMB in the Winter Olympics, puts forward an assumption of using digital currency based on partial decentralization, and puts forward the overall architecture design, and analyzes its feasibility and practicability.…”
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Changing views on the role of physical education teachers and sports coaches in Polish sports pedagogy literature up to 2015 by Agnieszk Połaniecka

“…Meanwhile, there was an intense development of sports, among other things, due to the organisation of the modern Olympic Games. The above factors contributed to the emergence of a new specialisation in teaching physical education. …”
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Cognitive and Discourse Tactics of Sports Event Representation in the News Text: Diachronich Approach by Olga S. Volkova

“…News reports on sporting events at the Olympic Games held in London in 1908 and 1948 were chosen as the object of the study. …”
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Facial features and unethical behavior - Doped athletes show higher facial width-to-height ratios than non-doping sanctioned athletes. by Bjoern Krenn, Callum Buehler

“…The current study was aimed at examining this association in the field of sports: FWHRs of 146 doping sanctioned athletes in athletics (37 male/38 female) and weightlifting (44 male/27 female) were compared to the fWHRs of randomly chosen non-doping sanctioned athletes of the Top Ten at the World Championship 2017 and Olympic Games 2016 in both sports (146 athletes). The results showed that doping sanctioned athletes due to the use of anabolic steroids had larger fWHRs than non-doping sanctioned athletes. …”
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Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2020 by Mateus de Almeida Prado Sampaio, Jose Raimundo Sousa Ribeiro Junior

“…This article aims to present, cartographically and textually, aspects related to the Summer Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020), seen from a geographical and, to a certain extent, geopolitical perspective (see the participation of the "3 Chinas", which drew attention to economic, diplomatic and national disputes at stake).We highlight and problematize certain aspects that are subject to regional analysis and that go beyond the limits of sports and may easily go unnoticed by a large part of the public who attended the mega-event.The proposal aimed to give equal emphasis (equal weights) to the cartographic visual language and the textual analytical language. …”
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Sport mega-event fantasies to financialization: the case of Porto Maravilha by Zainab Bhimani, Amanda De Lisio

“…It focuses on the area of Porto Maravilha, constructed prior to the 2016 Olympic Games, and the particular use of the 2001 federal Statute of City and 1995 Strategic Plan for Rio de Janeiro to create new possibilities for neoliberal-capitalist expansion, initially disguised as democratized access to land yet, in effect, further commoditized land into a form of fictitious capital. …”
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Beijing’s First Green Belt—A 50-Year Long Chinese Planning Story by Lu Sun, Christian Fertner, Gertrud Jørgensen

“…Different ideas shaped the plan and its link to mega events like the Olympic Games and environmental problems accelerated the implementation, but the shortage of funding and absence of legislation led to a compromised result. …”
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Sustainable governance versus airbnbification. The case of Barcelona by Montse Crespi Vallbona, Sofia Galeas Ortiz

“…Since Barcelona hosted the Olympic Games in 1992, the flow of tourists has not slowed down and, as a result, the number of accommodation places has grown steadily. …”
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Competitive activity of highly skilled freestyle wrestlers at the present stage by V.F. Boyko, I.I. Malinsky, V.A. Andriitsev, V.V. Yaremenko

“…Material: the analysis involved 80 bouts performed by high skilled wrestlers at 2011 World Wrestling Championships (Ankara, Turkey) and 2012 Olympic Games in London (weight categories 84 and 96 kg). …”
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Influence of the details of topography onweather forecast – evaluation of HARMONIEexperiments in the Sochi Olympics domainover the Caucasian mountains by Laura eRontu, Clemens eWastl, Sami eNiemela

“…Validation against the surface observations from the SochiWinter Olympic Games 2014, provided by the WMO FROST-2014 program atthe Caucasian mountains, showed minor degradation of the of thenscreen-level temperature forecast when only the source orography wasupdated. …”
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Threshold event: Exploring a commercial sponsorship of LGBT rights during the Sochi games by Adam Klein

“…A content analysis initially illustrates how LGBT-coverage surged among popular US magazines and websites in sports, business, home & lifestyle, technology, and entertainment, surrounding the Olympic games. From the 2011 repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to the 2014 Olympics, LGBT coverage among these media increased by 1024%. …”
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L’espace insulaire du carnaval des écoles de samba de Rio de Janeiro by Laura Jouve-Villard

“…Since Rio de Janeiro has been elected host city for the next Olympic Games in 2016, an increased attention is pointed on its docks, currently in the full heart of an urban reconversion after about thirty years of desertion which have left hectares of industrial wasteland and empty urban spaces. …”
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The history of sport in Kalisz in 1918–1939. Outline of issues by Julian Jaroszewski

“…Jerzy Koszutski, a rower from Kalisz, had the great honour of representing the national colours during the 9th Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928. A lot of emotions were aroused by boxing matches, athletics and table tennis. …”
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Bioethics and the risk regulation of ‘frontier research’: the case of gene therapy by Lezaun, J

“…These issues are introduced and discussed through a fascinating and diverse set of topics, including myxomatosis, the 2012 Olympic Games, gene therapy and the recent financial crisis. …”

Make green growth a priority: issues and challenges in organising green sports tourism events by Lim, Khong Chiu, Ramely, Asmahany, Abdul Wafi, Anisah

“…This conceptual paper focuses on the'issue of conceptualization and implementation of green sports events which covering on the theory and principles of green practices, strategies and in~plementationo f green practices in the case of the selected Olympic Games, issues and challenges, and the roles of stakeholders for effective implementation of greener sports events. …”
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MAX-DOAS measurements of tropospheric NO₂ and HCHO in Nanjing and a comparison to ozone monitoring instrument observations by K. L. Chan, Z. Wang, A. Ding, K.-P. Heue, Y. Shen, J. Wang, F. Zhang, Y. Shi, N. Hao, M. Wenig

“…The MAX-DOAS data are also used to evaluate the effectiveness of air pollution control measures implemented during the Youth Olympic Games 2014. The MAX-DOAS data show a significant reduction of ambient aerosol, <span class="inline-formula">NO₂</span> and HCHO (30&thinsp;%–50&thinsp;%) during the Youth Olympic Games. …”
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Why do female and male taekwondo athletes win the bout? An analysis based on the Olympic weight category and the result of the bout by Cristina Menescardi, Encarnación Liébana, Coral Falco

“…Therefore, the aim of the present study was to analyse the Olympic competitors (London Olympic Games), according to the weight category (fly, feather, light and heavy) and according to the performance in their fighting (winner vs. loser) in each gender. …”
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Evaluation of the relationship of the climbing level of sport climbers with selected anthropometric indicators and diet composition by Anna Przeliorz-Pyszczek, Katarzyna Gołąbek, Bożena Regulska-Ilow

“…Climbing is becoming more and more popular. During 2020 Olympic Games this discipline will be competed for the first time. …”
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