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Articles on 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics
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When faced with chaos or danger, most people retreat. Not so for those who possess a certain personality trait.
Flirting with danger with each trick, freeskiers and snowboarders must learn to manage the emotions of such a daredevil sport.
The politics of Russia’s Olympic doping ban.
Kim Jong-un’s favourite act won hearts and minds when they performed on day one of the Winter Olympics.
Korea’s fielding of a unified Olympic team is an intriguing narrative of sport, international diplomacy and gender equality.
The mistrust between the two Koreas is so deep that there are more sceptics than enthusiasts over North Korea’s involvement in the Winter Olympics.
As the Olympics head to the Far East this month, two radically different approaches to training and treating athletes will be on display.
The long winter Olympic journey from Chamonix in 1924 to PyeongChang in 2018.
In these Olympics more than most, there is less global attention on the medal count than on who will win the politics.
The Olympic Games are an ideal venue to showcase new ideas to world. In a world where reducing carbon emissions is a priority, could the Olympics be doing more?
As the Olympics get underway, what would the man who founded the modern Olympic movement think? Pierre de Coubertin’s vision of the Olympics as a tool of peace and faith in youth still resonates.
Snowboarding and freeskiing are relatively new to the Winter Olympics, coming from highly-skilled amateur backgrounds. Their athletes are often risk-taking individualists, at home on social media.
Doping scandals have dominated the build-up to the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
CBC and NBC’s theme music that fills our ears before and after commercials and quietly accompanies intimate athlete profiles can actually have an impact on the way we view sports.
The joint South Korean-North Korean women’s Olympic hockey team has angered fans of the game and raised concerns about athlete morale. But the media spotlight is actually good for the game.
North and South Korea explained in five questions and answers.
It’s not out of reach for the Australian Winter Olympic team to meet the Winning Edge targets of a top-15 finish on the medal tally.
History shows Olympic Games have only very limited ability to promote peace between warring nations.
The Olympics have been plagued by doping, corruption and political problems. But academic and former Olympian Bruce Kidd says the Olympic Games are still an important humanitarian movement.
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Assistant Professor, School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University
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PhD Candidate, Victoria University
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Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology, West Virginia University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Leisure Policy, The University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Sport Management, University of Stirling
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Senior Lecturer in Events Management, University of Brighton
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Associate Professor in Sport Psychology and Safe Sport, Bournemouth University
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Sport Ethics, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Professor of Sports Science, Aarhus University
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Associate Professor, Health and Physical Education/Sport Development, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling
