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Researchers used AI to analyze photos of Olympic medalists and found that bronze medalists appeared happier than silver medalists. A cognitive process called ‘counterfactual thinking’ may explain why.
With the Paris Olympics and Canada’s Future of Sport Commission both to start soon, this is a timely critique of the Canadian sport system.
While there has been a surge of terror plots in Europe in recent months, an attack on the Olympics would require a group to have the intent, capability and opportunity.
African states won new power when they demanded New Zealand withdraw because of their rugby tour of apartheid South Africa.
Olympic breakdancers spin on their heads and backs, then freeze in funky poses. How? It’s all about physics.
France is ready for the Olympics. It also needs to be ready for this virus.
Here’s how to reduce heat-related health risks during major sporting events, from the Summer Olympics to test cricket. Athletes, officials, spectators and volunteers all need to take responsibility.
Laïcité, which historically upheld individual freedom, denies minority rights today, as seen in the ban on French athletes wearing hijabs at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
With the Paris Olympics and the 35th anniversary of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child approaching, now is the ideal time to focus on protecting the rights of child athletes.
Sporting events like the Olympic Games claim to promote equality and human dignity, yet are frequently used to marginalize people. Perhaps it’s time to consign Olympism to the dustbin of history.
In an effort to bring the Olympics to a wider and younger audience, breaking is the latest “sport” to make its debut at Paris 2024. But how will it work as a scored sport?
The World Anti-Doping Agency stands by its handling of the allegations. So, why have some in the media and in the US been so quick to point the finger at China?
Paris will be at the centre of the global sporting stage this summer.
The Olympic Games have also been highly political events – Paris 2024 will be no different.
Do big sporting events such as the Olympics help boost tourist numbers in the long run? It all depends on where they take place, according to research.
All the attention is on the Paris summer games starting in July, but there’s plenty else to get excited about this year.
The 1976 Olympics marked a turning point in Olympic history: it was the first highly visible security operation, which has since become the norm for Olympic Games.
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.
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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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PhD Student, International Centre for Olympic Studies, Western University
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Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lecturer in Health and Physical Education Education, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Director, International Centre for Olympic Studies, Western University
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Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Sport, University of Toronto
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Senior Manager, Brisbane Catholic Education & Associate Professor of Health & Physical Education (Adj.), Charles Sturt University
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Academic Fellow & Psychologist, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Trent University
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Postdoctoral Researcher - Lifestyle Research Center, EM Lyon Business School
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Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University
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Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Sport History, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
