The Tokyo Games might be the most gender-equal games in history, but many competition barriers still exist for elite athletes who are mothers.
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Throughout the modern Olympic period, the host nation has had a home advantage. But crowds are not the only factor
The future of wearable technology holds limitless potential for elite athletes to optimize and enhance their athletic performance.
With athletes from 205 different nations making their way to Japan come thousands of tonnes of equipment and supplies.
Mandatory sex testing at the Olympics might have stopped in the 1990s, but the policing of high performance female athletes’ bodies is still ongoing.
The British government has opted to press on with reopening and not wait for the number of fully vaccinated people to rise, while Japan introduces new restrictions ahead of the Olympics.
Concerns about holding the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games during a state of emergency highlights just how much power the International Olympic Committee wields over the global sporting world.
In the wake of debate about cannabis, performance-enhancing drugs and the Olympic Games, athlete-driven doping legislation is the way forward.
How well are the Tokyo Olympics prepared for a COVID crisis when there is still an outbreak in the country, the vaccination rates are low and athletes are asked to socially distance?
The International Olympic Committee’s Rule 50 still restricts the freedom of speech of athletes, despite the recently relaxed stipulations. A respected Olympian says the IOC must change its policy.
The emotive and polarising language surrounding the Olympic weightlifter – and transgender rights in general – is crowding out the voices we need to hear most.
Even when there’s no pandemic underway, the local economy may take a hit.
No sightseeing, cheering, singing or (at least officially) sex. This is what an Olympic Games during a pandemic could look like.
Japan is going through its fourth wave, testing rates are low and case numbers are climbing. Now athletes aren’t happy with the IOC’s plans to protect them.
It’s easy to call Australian Olympians who receive their COVID shot early ‘queue jumpers’. But the argument for them having early access to the vaccine is more nuanced. Here’s why.
For elite athletes, even mild COVID-19 vaccine side effects can throw their training plans off course. But they can plan ahead.
The International Olympic Committee has published a set of “playbooks” for keeping everyone safe at the Olympics
Cancelling the Tokyo games would be yet another blemish for the new government and could doom its chances in the next election later this year.
New sports are being added to the Olympics all the time in an effort to remain relevant to younger audiences, while others (sorry baseball) are left out.
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Clinician Scientist, Canada Research Chair in Injury Prevention and Physical Activity for Health, Sport Medicine Physician, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
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Professor Emeritus of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, Western University
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Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University
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Assistant Professor, School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University
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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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Director, International Centre for Olympic Studies, Western University
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato
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Lecturer in Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship, Aston University
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Professor Emerita of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Associate Professor in Sport Psychology and Safe Sport, Bournemouth University
