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The IOC needs to look beyond gender parity and work with international federations to address athletes’ conditions of participation in sports to achieve true gender equality.
There is hope for a return to a more traditional and enjoyable Olympic Games with the upcoming 2024 Paris Games.
The IOC has an opportunity to disavow the violence and illegality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by extending the platform and status of refugee athletes to Russian and Belarusian athletes.
With a booming hip hop culture, Paris is the best place to introduce break dancing to the Olympic games.
The International Olympic Committee recently hosted a meeting on e-sports – organized video competitions. Should e-sports be in the Olympic Games? An Olympian says no.
The benefits of hosting the Olympics are so slim, or nonexistent, that fewer cities are bidding to host the games. That’s a sign of serious trouble.
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Director, International Centre for Olympic Studies, Western University
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PhD Student, International Centre for Olympic Studies, Western University
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Assistant Professor, School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy, SKEMA Business School
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Honorary Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Canada; Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Research Centre, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, Bangor University
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Assistant professor, Department of Sport Management, Brock University
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
