It would seem obvious athletes are the most important part of the Olympics. But competing issues, from sponsorship rules to politics, means the rights of athletes aren’t always the top priority.
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Olympics have often provided the impetus for large-scale broadcasting innovations, such as when TV was introduced in Australia to broadcast the 1956 Games.
The politics of Russia’s Olympic doping ban.
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.
Doping scandals have dominated the build-up to the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
In a sporting diplomatic coup, North and South Korea will march under a unified flag at Pyeongchang 2018.
The ban on Russia competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics is unique: it is directly linked to the country’s lack of sporting integrity.
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.
McDonald’s recently ended a 40-year relationship with the Olympics. Was the decision based on the tarnished Olympic brand or were there other reasons?
The International Olympic Committee could suspend Kenya, putting it in the company of Kuwait.
Since the 1970s, several Asian countries, such as China, Japan, and South Korea, have strongly increased their influence in the Olympic movement.
A recent decision by the International Olympic Committee has cheerleading under consideration for Tokyo 2020. But its very status as a sport has constantly been questioned.
From Sharapova to the Brownlee brothers, 2016 has given us one step forward to one step back.
Women are still grossly underrepresented as chairpeople, directors or chief executives of international sporting bodies, to the great detriment of those sports.
What do the concepts like ‘cheating’ and ‘performance enhancing’ mean to young African footballers?
Although the Olympics have come to an end, fans will continue to be gripped by the infinite micro-narratives that sports fixtures provide. But are these narratives comparable to literary creativity?
Extensive drug use was reported at the 1952 Helsinki Games, but it was the death of two athletes that finally galvanized international sporting authorities into taking action against doping.
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Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, Western University
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