Between 1984 and 2021, elite athletes from the member regions of Greater China - China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong - competed at each of the ten Summer Olympics.
Between 1984 and 2021, elite athletes from the member regions of Greater China - China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong - competed at each of the ten Summer Olympics.
Of all winter sports, none is so widely watched and commented upon by the media as figure skating, which is often considered the Winter Olympics' centerpiece.
As the only American in the senior management team of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, Jeff Ruffolo takes you behind the scenes and into a world no one has ever before witnessed.
The political tension of the Cold War bled into the Olympic Games when each side engaged in psychological warfare, exploiting sport for political ends.
The pentathlon, comprising competition in the discus, javelin, long jump, sprint, and wrestling, was hailed as the ultimate test of athletic versatility and remained a staple of the ancient Greek Olympic Games, Crown Games and Pan-Hellenic festivals for 1,200 years.
For Olympic athletes, fans and the media alike, the games bring out the best sport has to offer--unity, patriotism, friendly competition and the potential for stunning upsets.
Olympic skiing champion Nikki Stone shares her own inspirational story and those of Tommy Hilfiger, Steve Young, Lindsey Vonn, Lester Holt, and others .
Research on Indigenous participation in sport offers many opportunities to better understand the political issues of equality, empowerment, self-determination and protection of culture and identity.
The Olympic Sports Economy incorporates exclusive case studies and reports from sports management conferences to illustrate the most important business practices and trends of the Olympics today.
This book is an analysis of both contemporary Tokyo and the contemporary Olympic Games, emphasizing the role of late-stage capitalism and political economy in shaping both.
This book is an analysis of both contemporary Tokyo and the contemporary Olympic Games, emphasizing the role of late-stage capitalism and political economy in shaping both.
Olympic Laws: Culture, Values, Tensions is the first book to analyse fully the Olympic legal framework and its application to the IOC and the Olympic Games through a socio-legal lens.
Olympic Laws: Culture, Values, Tensions is the first book to analyse fully the Olympic legal framework and its application to the IOC and the Olympic Games through a socio-legal lens.
Journey with Olympian and American half marathon record holder Ryan Hall as he reflects on the joys and trials of running and, along the way, shows you how he found God in every step.
In the Cold War era, the confrontation between capitalism and communism played out not only in military, diplomatic, and political contexts, but also in the realm of culture-and perhaps nowhere more so than the cultural phenomenon of sports, where the symbolic capital of athletic endeavor held up a mirror to the global contest for the sympathies of citizens worldwide.
Sports have historically been part of a broader quest of regimes for prestige on the world stage, but also to project hegemony and power in an anarchic international system.
Hace 30 años, cuando Ben Johnson pulverizó el récord mundial de los 100 metros lisos aplastando a Carl Lewis y se hizo con el oro de los Juegos Olímpicos de Seúl en 1988, afirmó que el oro olímpico era más importante que el récord: mientras el récord podría ser mejorado en el futuro, nadie podría arrebatarle la medalla.
7 metros es un exhaustivo recorrido por la historia del balonmano mundial, cuya genesis se situa en la Europa de finales del siglo XIX, y que recoge los anos mas exitosos del balonmano femenino en Espana: las medallas internacionales, los testimonios y los datos de las ultimas citas deportivas.
Enredando en la memoria no es sólo la biografía de una destacada profesional del periodismo: es el relato divertido y sentimental de toda una vida de amor por el deporte y por los deportistas.
In diesem Buch lässt der Nordische Kombinierer Mario Stecher seine Karriere, die 1994 mit einem Rekordsprung am Holmenkollen in Oslo begann und 2014 mit Olympia-Bronze in Sotchi einen letzten Höhepunkt erfuhr, Revue passieren und spricht von der Entwicklung seiner Sportart, von Trainern und Funktionären, von Teamkameraden, Konkurrenten und der Rolle der Skiindustrie.
Er ist Olympiasieger 1984, er ist Doppel-Olympiasieger 1994, er war zweifacher Weltmeister, er gewann insgesamt vier Mal die Vierschanzentournee - kurz: Jens Weißflog ist der erfolgreichste Skispringer, den Deutschland, Ost wie West und vereint, je hatte.
Schillerndes Panorama einer ganzen Epoche, glänzend erzähltRaus aus den Schatten der NS-Zeit, den Wiederaufbau geschafft - 1972 reißt Deutschland die Fenster auf.
This book explores key and topical issues that are emerging in the field of sport marketing, while calling for further attention to the thriving sports industry.
The Olympic Sports Economy incorporates exclusive case studies and reports from sports management conferences to illustrate the most important business practices and trends of the Olympics today.
The Triathlete Guide to Sprint and Olympic Triathlon Racing will help you discover the speed, thrill, and challenge of triathlon's most popular race distances.
