Implicit side of the Olympic Games: The Past‚ Present and Future of Olympic Marketing. Summary: This dissertation is dedicated to the analysis of Olympic marketing as the implicit side of Olympic movement; evaluation of past‚ present and future profiles of Olympic marketing. Research literature review There’s a list of research papers dedicated to commercialization of sports in general. At the same time‚ there’s apparent deficit of studies‚ dedicated directly to the problem of Olympic marketing‚ due
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of hosting mega-sporting events e.g. the Olympic Games or the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup‚ in developing nations has always been a moot point. However‚ these days less developed countries such as those present in Latin America and the Caribbean especially garnered international attention and triggered controversy by hosting events like the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014‚ Copa América in Chile in 2015‚ and the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in the summer of
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during the Olympics’ 2012 ? Olympic sports are sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The 2012 Summer Olympics included 26 sports‚ with two additional sports due to be added to the 2016 Summer Olympics. The 2014 Winter Olympics will include seven sports.[1] The number and kinds of events may change slightly from one Olympiad to another. Each Olympic sport is represented by aninternational governing body‚ namely an International Federation (IF).[2] The International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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weather and therefore can be practise mostly in summer. Swimming is also a typical summer sport but it is possible to practise it all the year round in indoor pools. Swimming includes breaststroke‚ backstroke‚ crawl and butterfly. In winter sportsmen go in for winter sports‚ such as skiing‚ skating‚ snow-boarding and tobogganing. Skiers can practise giant slalom‚ downhill race or ski jumps in ski resorts where there are good snow conditions. Skating includes figure skating and speed skating which
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during his/her freestyle run lowering your overall score and keeping you off the podium. Many of the elite snowboarders‚ including Shaun White are using PST training to prepare themselves for competitions. Most recently we’ve seen this in the 2011 Winter X games where we saw Shaun White go on to become the only 4 time repeat winner of Super pipe. Without proper mental visualization‚ relaxation and preparation he may not have been able to repeat this year given his age and the rising skill levels of
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Jordyn Rolli Dr. Magee HNRS 103 5 May 2017 The History of the Olympic Games; Honoring Unity Although a great number people in the 21st century believe that the concept of ‘tradition’ merely prevents the progression and advancement of the present world‚ not all traditions perpetuate ignorance. At the heart of most long-standing established practices lies an idea that at least one person did not want the rest of the world to forget. The different types of traditions range from lighthearted
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The word hockey itself is of unknown origin‚ although it is likely a derivative of hoquet‚ a Middle French word for a shepherd’s stave.[3] The curved‚ or "hooked" ends of the sticks used for hockey would indeed have resembled these staves. History bas relief c.600 BC‚ in the National Archaeological Museum of AthensGames played with curved sticks and a ball can be found in the histories of many cultures. In Egypt‚ 4000-year-old carvings feature teams with sticks and a projectile‚ hurling dates
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chains of interdependent agencies make coordination necessary‚ while complex problems demand interoperable delivery systems to achieve goals or execute policies that are too big for one organization to handle. (Alexander‚ 1993‚ p. 18) The 2010 Olympic Winter Games was Canada’s largest national security undertaking in recent history. It involved a variety of traditional security and non-traditional components ranging from police officers to parliamentary ministers. The complex nature of the security
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event like the Olympics can cost significant sums‚ which have to be paid for by the taxpayer. Costs of Olympics have a tendency to rise over time and be much greater than expected. Short-Term use. Many facilities built for the Olympics can never be fully used again. e.g. an 80‚000 athletic stadium will rarely be full outside of the Olympics. This can be mitigated by careful planning. e.g. the London Olympic stadium will be used by West Ham‚ other Olympic facilities‚ like the Olympic village will
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blood cells makes you weaker‚ which means you cannot train near as well. On the last day of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City‚ three cross-country skiers were booted out of the Games for blood doping. Two of the skiers lost their medals; the other was disqualified from the games. Blood doping by athletes is cheating - just like using steroids or bribing a judge. The 2006 Winter Olympic Games saw police
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