Analysis of sailing variables and performance of laser sailors with different rankings under the condition of certain wind speed by Dandan Pan, Kaiyang Sun

“…Methods: Five regatta's data of the 2019–2020 Hempel World Cup Series and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for a total of 63 races were analyzed in this study. …”
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Anthropometric Profile and Physical Fitness Performance Comparison by Game Position in the Chile Women’s Senior National Football Team by Rodrigo Villaseca-Vicuña, Edgardo Molina-Sotomayor, Santiago Zabaloy, Jose Antonio Gonzalez-Jurado

“…Fifty football players participated in this study, which was carried out during the period of training for the France 2019 Women’s World Cup and the Japan 2020 Olympic Games. Body composition and physical condition (muscular strength, sprint, agility, and aerobic fitness) were assessed. …”
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ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE OF SWIMMERS AFTER ALTITUDE TRAINING (2,300 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL) IN VIEW OF THEIR BLOOD MORPHOLOGY CHANGES by Jakub Adamczyk, Robert Białecki, Paweł Słomiński, Marcin Siewierski

“…Eight swimmers (two females and six males) - record-holders and medallists of the Polish National Championships, as well as finalists and medallists of the European and World Championships and the Olympic Games (including a two-time holder of the world record) - were recruited. …”
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The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Japanese economy by Y. V. Dyomina, M. G. Mazitova

“…Unemployment increased for the first time in 11 years, and automotive industry, tourism, and public catering were among the industries most affected by the pandemic. The Olympic Games in Tokyo were held without spectators (both foreign and local), and local firms could not gain the 4 trillion yen which was estimated to be the expenses of foreign tourists. …”
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Development of a Multitype Wireless Sensor Network for the Large-Scale Structure of the National Stadium in China by Yanbin Shen, Pengcheng Yang, Pengfei Zhang, Yaozhi Luo, Yujia Mei, Huaqiang Cheng, Li Jin, Chenyu Liang, Qiaqin Wang, Zhouneng Zhong

“…The stadium is a super large-scale building built for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and can house more than 90,000 occupants. …”
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Nadadores medalhistas olímpicos: contexto do desenvolvimento brasileiro Olympic medal-winning swimmers: the Brazilian context of development by Renato Melo Ferreira, Eduardo Macedo Penna, Varley Teoldo da Costa, Luiz Carlos Couto de Albuquerque Moraes

“…Eight swimmers who have won at least one medal in any category of the Olympic games were interviewed. The transcripts of the interviews were recorded, after which a qualitative analysis using Meaning - Units (MUs). 218 MUs were classified as follows: when the athlete's career began, the presence of coaches, the influence of family and friends, and deliberated practice. …”
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Challenges in Developing Urban Marketing Strategies: Evidence From Ekaterinburg by Dmitry Kochetkov, Darko Vuković, Elizaveta Kondyurina

“…However, at that time, Russia already had experience in hosting sports mega-events such as the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, and before that the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Hosting the championship in 11 cities at once sets the 2018 FIFA World Cup apart from all these events. …”
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Changes in stride pattern of elite women's 400 metres hurdles from 2019 to 2022: an analysis by performance level by Nerea Casal-García, José Luis López-Del Amo

“…IntroductionThe main objective of this study was to investigate the stride patterns of elite women's 400 m hurdles which have undergone significant evolution in recent years, resulting in a complete change in the stride patterns of the athletes.MethodsTwo hundred and fifty-five individual performances of all participants in the World Championships in Doha 2019 and Oregon 2022, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the 2022 European Championships were analysed based on video recordings taken during the competition. …”
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The characteristics of the breaststroke pullout in elite swimming by Carla McCabe, Emma Mosscrop, Emma Mosscrop, Ryan Hodierne, Elaine Tor

“…The sample included 60 swimmers (n = 26 male, n = 34 female) competing across the 50, 100, and 200 m long-course breaststroke final races from the World Championships 2015, 2017, 2019 and Olympic Games 2016. An above-water camera was used to identify and measure the different phases of the underwater pullout techniques, which was found to be a highly accurate methodological approach (ICC = 0.97). …”
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Judocas olímpicos Brasileiros: fatores de apoio psicossocial para o desenvolvimento do talento esportivo Olympic judo athletes: psychosocial support elements to sports talent devel... by Marcelo Massa, Rudney Uezu, Maria Tereza Silveira Böhme

“…A sample of 6 athletes that were in the Athens Olympic Games of 2004 was studied. Research was designed on qualitative basis and used a three open questions interview as investigative tool. …”
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Sex-Related and Performance Differences in Contractile Properties, ROM, Strength, and Dynamometry Performance of World-Class Flatwater Canoeists by Tania Álvarez-Yates, Alba Cuba-Dorado, Mario Iglesias-Caamaño, Virginia Serrano-Gómez, Fábio Yuzo Nakamura, Oscar García-García

“…The inclusion of women canoe in the Olympic Games reflects the growth and development that women have ahead of them in this modality. …”
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The decade of Serbian water polo by Bratuša Zoran

“…An important development factor was the founding and the work of the International Swimming Federation (FINA, 1908) and its water polo board (1929), as well as the affirmation through the Olympic Games program (Paris, 1900), European (Budapest 1926) and World Championships (Belgrade 1973). …”
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Surfing Time–Motion Characteristics Possible to Gain Using Global Navigation Satellite Systems: A Systematic Review by Gaizka Mejuto, Carlos David Gómez-Carmona, Jokin Gracia, Markel Rico-González

“…The popularity of surfing has increased exponentially, reaching its recent debut in the Olympic Games. However, surfing suffers from a relative immature technological market, while in other sports some technologies such as global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) have become an essential work material for strength and conditioning and head coaches. …”
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Research on Sustainable Development of Competitive Sports in China Based on PSR and DEA Model by Su Zhang, Tong Ouyang, Shou-Yu Wei, Bei-Bei Liang, Jia-Ming Zhu

“…From the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the sustainable development of competitive sports has become more and more popular in China. …”
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First Offensive Shot in Elite Table Tennis by Michael Fuchs, Martin Lames

“…This study investigates the FOS, which is defined as the first shot after the serve without any kind of backspin/side-backspin, for 90 matches (nrally = 7449) of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The FOS parameters – laterality, technique and position to the table at the point of contact – and the respective winning probabilities are analysed. …”
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Editorial by Ivan Čuk

“…Dear friends, Our expectations to celebrate the highest achievements in gymnastics at the Olympic Games in  Tokyo have been postponed for a year. …”
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Study for analyzing world judo player's technical type and time by Tae-whan Kim, Seung-hun Lee

“…The higher the weight class, the lower the ratio of hand technique, the higher the press rate, and the frequency of skill types also increased. At the Olympic Games, the ratio of hardening technique was higher than that of other competitions, and as the year progressed, the ratio of hand and waist technique increased, and the number of mat-hold decreased. …”
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Optimum Power Loads for Elite Boxers: Case Study with the Brazilian National Olympic Team by Irineu Loturco, Chris Bishop, Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo, Felipe Romano, Mateus Alves, Lucas A. Pereira, Michael McGuigan

“…The purpose of this case study was to examine the effects of a resistance-training program based on the optimum power loads (OPL) method on neuromuscular performance of Olympic boxing athletes during preparation for the Rio-2016 Olympic Games. Twelve elite amateur boxers from the Brazilian National Olympic Team participated in this study. …”
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Tropospheric NO₂ vertical column densities over Beijing: results of the first three years of ground-based MAX-DOAS measurements (2008–2011) and satellite validatio... by P. Yan, R. Shaiganfar, J. L. Jin, S. Beirle, J. Z. Ma, T. Wagner

“…We also find a post-Olympic Games effect, with 39–54% decrease in the tropospheric NO₂ VCD over Beijing estimated for August of 2008, compared to the following years. …”
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Zika Virus: An Emerging Public Health Challenge by Sumeena Basundra, Ravishekar N Hiremath, Rakesh Khajuria, Sandhya Ghodke

“…Approaches to such a potential global health security threat should be consistent, proactive, and should involve coordinated, multi-pronged, multilateral collaborative efforts since the concern is at the highest and immediate because of Global epidemic, Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games starting from Aug 5-21, 2016 and strong association with microcephaly. …”
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