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Author : Helen Jefferson Lenskyj Publisher : State University of New York Press Page : 273 pages File Size : 51,5 Mb Release : 2012-02-01 Category : Sports & Recreation ISBN : 9780791488102
The Best Olympics Ever? by Helen Jefferson Lenskyj Pdf
Despite International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samarach's proclaiming the Sydney 2000 Olympics as the "best ever," the truth of the matter is much less one-sided. In The Best Olympics Ever? Helen Jefferson Lenskyj discloses what the Sydney 2000 Olympic industry suppressed: the real costs and impacts.
There has been increasing recognition of the importance of the impacts of mega sporting events and in 2001 the IOC initiated its Olympic Games Global Impact Project. Here is a broad-ranging analysis of the impacts of one particular Olympic and Paralympic Games.
So You Think You Know: The Olympics by Clive Gifford Pdf
So you think you all about the Olympics? Have a go at these: Which country's population was granted a day's holiday when its men's football team won gold at the 2000 Olympics? At the 2012 games, only two stadiums used for the football events are Premier League grounds. Can you name both? Name one of the three sports that George Eyser, a man with a wooden leg, won at the 1904 Olympics. Whether you want to test your knowledge or are keen to learn more about the biggest sporting event EVER, here are over 1000 Olympic teasers that cover everything from the history of the games and sports knowledge to weird and wonderful trivia that will put even gold medallists to the test and will make sure that you're ready for this summer's Olympics!
The Games: A Global History of the Olympics by David Goldblatt Pdf
“A people’s history of the Olympics.”—New York Times Book Review A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt’s sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) domestic and international conflicts. Along the way, Goldblatt reveals the origins of beloved Olympic traditions (winners’ medals, the torch relay, the eternal flame) and popular events (gymnastics, alpine skiing, the marathon). And he delivers memorable portraits of Olympic icons from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Dream Team to Usain Bolt.
Olympic Industry Resistance by Helen Jefferson Lenskyj Pdf
A critical look at the Olympics in the postbribery, post-9/11 era, particularly at consequences for host cities and so-called “Olympic education” for schoolchildren.
Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry by H. Lenskyj Pdf
This book explores how the Olympic industry has shaped hegemonic concepts of sporting masculinities and femininities for its own profit and image-making ends, examining its continuing marginalization of athletes on account of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class.
Gold in the Water is the highly acclaimed and mesmerizing tale about the remarkable two-year journey an elite team of swimmers takes to the Olympic Games. Mullen creates a fascinating world of suspense and emotion, where the human desire for excellence rules and where there are no second chances for glory.
Welcome to The Ultimate 10! This exciting series gives readers a front-row seat for the very best from the world of sports-the greatest games, the toughest competitors, and the fiercest rivalries! The Ultimate 10 brings all the action into sharp focus for both the casual and diehard fan. Books in this high-interest series are divided into user-friendly sections filled with dramatic photos, sidebars, stats, and classic quotes from key players. The Olympic Games bring together the best athletes from every corner of the planet. This book celebrates the heroes who have shined the brightest on sports' biggest stage---including the 1980 U.S. hockey team, snowboarder Shaun White, and swimming champion Michael Phelps. Read and find out what it takes to go for the gold! Book jacket.
The Legacy of the Olympic Games, 1984-2000 : International Symposium, Lausanne, 14th, 15th and 16th November 2002 by Miquel de Moragas Spà,Christopher Kennett Pdf
The Complete Book of the Olympics by David Wallechinsky,Jaime Loucky Pdf
With a complete statistical record since the 1896 founding of the modern Games—including medals won and times, distances, or scores recorded by the top eight competitors in all events (from staples such as the marathon to long-discontinued competitions such as the tug of war), this encyclopedic tome contains anything anyone could ever need or want to know about the modern Olympic Games. Far from a dry compendium of names, numbers, and scoring systems, this book also contains a summary history of every event at each of the 26 modern Games, enriched with an extraordinary wealth of Olympic lore and anecdote. The authors provide thought-provoking analysis of issues and controversies from shamateurism to drug-taking and corruption, and they have sieved through more than a century of Olympic history to assemble a mind-boggling collection of stories that range from the inspiring, through the comic, to the bizarre. Such long-forgotten characters are included as the boy who was plucked from the streets of Paris to navigate for two Dutch oarsmen in the paired-oar event in 1900 and, after steering them to victory and a Gold Medal, returned to obscurity, his name unknown to this day; or the 72-year-old winner of a silver medal for target-shooting.
Author : Marie J. MacNee,Rebecca Nelson Publisher : Unknown Page : 930 pages File Size : 42,6 Mb Release : 1995 Category : Large type books ISBN : UCSC:32106013198111
The Olympic Factbook by Marie J. MacNee,Rebecca Nelson Pdf
This is the first edition of the Olympic Factbook that is exclusively devoted to those games played in warm weather or indoors. The Factbook profiles the atheletes to watch in 1996 and additionally, reports on atheletes who have passed into Olympic legend. The Factbook is one convenient reference source to turn to before, during, or after the competitions, or whenever you feel like looking up the facts.
