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Download or read book IX Olympiad written by George Russell and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IX Olympiad, the ninth volume in The Olympic Century series, begins by exploring the Summer Games of Amsterdam, 1928, the first to feature the Olympic flame as well as the first to include track and field and gymnastics competitions for women.Well established as the world's greatest festival of sport, the Olympic Games rose to new heights in Amsterdam. The book tells the story of Olympic heroes like Paavo Nurmi, the legendary Finnish distance runner, who claimed one more gold medal in 1928 to take his personal total to nine from three Olympics; and the Canadian sprinter Percy Williams, who claimed the title of world's fastest man with golds in both the 100- and 200-metres. Amsterdam also saw the triumph of triple-jumper Mikio Oda of Japan, who became the first gold medalist from Asia; and American double-gold swimmer Johnny Weismuller, who would go on to star in Hollywood as Tarzan the Ape Man.Following the Amsterdam Games, the focus turns to Lake Placid, N.Y., and the Winter Games of 1932. The book tells the story of athletes like American speed-skater Irving Jaffee, who lunged for gold in a thrilling photo finish in the 10,000-metres; Sonja Henie of Sweden, who would claim her second of three consecutive figure skating titles; and American Eddie Eagan, who would add a team gold in four-man bobsleigh to his gold in boxing won in the Antwerp Olympics 12 years earlier. Juan Antonio Samaranch, former President of the International Olympic Committee, called The Olympic Century, "e;The most comprehensive history of the Olympic games ever published"e;.
Download or read book XVII Olympiad written by Ellen Phillips and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rome had been selected to host the 1908 Olympic Games, but the impact of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906 on the Italian economy forced the Eternal City to withdraw. Rome would finally get a second chance to host the world's premier sporting festival in 1960, and XVII Olympiad, the fifteenth volume in The Olympic Century series, begins with the story of those Games.The 1960 Olympics were the first summer Games to be broadcast in North America, sparking massive interest in both the host city and the athletes. The book profiles heroes of Rome like the American sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who overcame childhood polio to become a triple-gold medal winner, and the young boxer Cassius Clay, who would win Olympic gold before going on to untold fame as heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. Rome also saw the emergence of the powerful Japanese men's gymnastics team, which began an unprecedented streak of five team golds, and produced the indelible image of Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila winning the marathon in bare feet.Following Rome, the focus of the book shifts to Austria, and the 1964 Winter Games in the mountain town of Innsbruck. The sport of luge made its Olympic debut in 1964, and Russian speed skater Lidia Skobilkova cemented her place in Olympic history by winning all four women's events. The book also profiles the Goitschen sisters of France, who finished first and second in both slalom and giant slalom. Juan Antonio Samaranch, former President of the International Olympic Committee, called The Olympic Century, "e;The most comprehensive history of the Olympic games ever published"e;.
Book Synopsis The Beijing Olympiad by : Paul Close
Download or read book The Beijing Olympiad written by Paul Close and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-12-05 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stage is set for the Beijing Olympiad to be the greatest mega-event, sporting or otherwise, in history. Still, the issues taxing many minds include whether the Beijing Games will be successful; whether they will be wrought with and wrecked by troubles; and who they will benefit. What value will the 2008 Games be to the people of China? Will they mainly serve the purposes of the dominant political, economic and cultural groups at and between the local, regional and global levels of modern social life? The Beijing Olympiad examines these among other questions, providing a range of original insights of interest to an array of scholars, researchers and students from Sports Studies to Sociology, Politics, Economics, International Relations and Legal Studies.
Book Synopsis Olympism: The Global Vision by : Boria Majumdar
Download or read book Olympism: The Global Vision written by Boria Majumdar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection starts from the premise that Olympism and the Olympic Games make sense only when they are placed within the broader national, colonial and post colonial contexts and argues that sport not only influences politics and vice-versa, but that the two are inseparable. Sport is not only political; it is politics. It is also culture and art. This collaboration is a first in global publishing, a mine of information for scholars, students and analysts. It demonstrates that Olympism and the Olympic movement in the modern context has been, and continues to be, socially relevant and politically important. Studies focus on national encounters with Olympism and the Olympic movement, with equal attention paid to document the growing nexus between sports and the media; sports reportage; as well as women and sports. Olympism asserts that the Olympic movement was, and is, of central importance to twentieth and twenty-first century societies. Finally, the collection demonstrates that the essence of Olympism and the Olympic movement is important only in so far as it affects societies surrounding it. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
Download or read book The Swiss Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Time written by Briton Hadden and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Olympic Games Explained by : Vassil Girginov
Download or read book The Olympic Games Explained written by Vassil Girginov and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new student textbook explores the history and meaning of the modern Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through to the beginnings of the International Olympic Committee.
Book Synopsis OLYMPIAD EHF MATHEMATICS EXPLORER CLASS- 9 by : Dr. Sandeep Ahlawat
Download or read book OLYMPIAD EHF MATHEMATICS EXPLORER CLASS- 9 written by Dr. Sandeep Ahlawat and published by EHF Learning Media Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100's of Q's with answer Chapterwise Practice Q's Revision Q's Sample Paper New! updated questions Workbook must for schools student preparing for National Interactive Math Olympiad(NIMO) conducted by EHF Eduheal Foundation and other national/international olympiad/talent search exams. Based on CBSE,ICSE,GCSE, State Board Syllabus & NCF (NCERT)
Book Synopsis Watching the Olympics by : John Sugden
Download or read book Watching the Olympics written by John Sugden and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global sporting events involve the creation, management and mediation of cultural meanings for consumption by massive media audiences. The apotheosis of this cultural form is the Olympic Games. This challenging and provocative new book explores the Olympic spectacle, from the multi-media bidding process and the branding and imaging of the Games, to security, surveillance and control of the Olympic product across all of its levels. The book argues that the process of commercialization, directed by the IOC itself, has enabled audiences to interpret its traditional objects in non-reverential ways and to develop oppositional interpretations of Olympism. The Olympics have become multi-voiced and many themed, and the spectacle of the contemporary Games raises important questions about institutionalization, the doctrine of individualism, the advance of market capitalism, performance, consumption and the consolidation of global society. With particular focus on the London Games in 2012, the book casts a critical eye over the bidding process, Olympic finance, promises of legacy and development, and the consequences of hosting the Games for the civil rights and liberties of those living in their shadow. Few studies have offered such close scrutiny of the inner workings of Olympism’s political and economic network, and, therefore, this book is indispensible reading for any student or researcher with an interest in the Olympics, sport's multiple impacts, or sporting mega-events.
Book Synopsis Medicine, Sport and the Body by : Neil Carter
Download or read book Medicine, Sport and the Body written by Neil Carter and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. What role does sports medicine play in today's society? Is it solely about treating sports injuries? Should it only be concerned with elite sport? This book provides a history of the relationship between sport, medicine and health from the mid-19th century to today. It combines the sub-disciplines of the history of medicine and the history of sport to give a balanced analysis of the role of medicine in sport and how this has evolved over the past two centuries. In an age where sports medicine plays an increasingly prominent role in both elite and recreational sport, this book provides a timely and clear analysis of its rise and purpose.
Book Synopsis The British Olympic Association: A History by : K. Jefferys
Download or read book The British Olympic Association: A History written by K. Jefferys and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its creation the British Olympic Association (BOA) has been one of the most important institutions in sports governance. In spite of its prominence there has hitherto been no single-volume history of the Association. This scholarly yet accessible study fills that gap, assessing the origins, evolution, strengths and shortcomings of the BOA.
Book Synopsis United States Olympic Book by : United States Olympic Committee
Download or read book United States Olympic Book written by United States Olympic Committee and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues for include reports of the Olympic winter games.
Book Synopsis The 1940 Tokyo Games: The Missing Olympics by : Sandra Collins
Download or read book The 1940 Tokyo Games: The Missing Olympics written by Sandra Collins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By representing their experience of modernity as different from the West in their respective Olympic Games, Asian nations reveal much about the ambitions and anxieties of being an Asian host in the continuing western Olympic hegemony. This original work explores the encounter between ‘the East and the West’ by analyzing the deliberate self-presentational cultural diplomacy historically required of Asian Olympic hosts. Exploring the relationship between Modern Asia and the Olympic Games, it focuses on the forgotten history of the 1940 Tokyo Olympics to reveal the complex and fascinating encounter between Japan and the world in the 1930s. The book is the first full account of this encounter and draws substantially on Japanese sources hitherto unknown in the English-speaking world. It argues that this encounter sets the scene and the tone for later Asian involvement in the Olympic Movement. It includes chapters on: Imperial Commemoration and Diplomacy the Japanese Fascist Olympics the Event, Japanese Style the Spectre of 1940 in Later Asian Olympics. This work fills a gap in the literature, and provides an original addition to the history of Japanese culture, Asian cultures and the Olympic Movement. This book is a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Book Synopsis The Modern Olympics by : New York Public Library
Download or read book The Modern Olympics written by New York Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Olympic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis OLYMPIAD EHF SCIENCE EXPLORER CLASS- 9 by : Dr. Sandeep Ahlawat
Download or read book OLYMPIAD EHF SCIENCE EXPLORER CLASS- 9 written by Dr. Sandeep Ahlawat and published by EHF Learning Media Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100's of Q's with answer Chapterwise Practice Q's Revision Q's Sample Paper New! updated questions Workbook must for schools student preparing for National Interactive Science Olympiad(NISO) conducted by EHF Eduheal Foundation and other national/international olympiad/talent search exams. Based on CBSE,ICSE,GCSE, State Board Syllabus & NCF (NCERT)
Download or read book Wonder Girl written by Don Van Natta Jr. and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten American superstar athlete. Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and never met a hurdle too high. Despite attempts to keep women from competing, Babe achieved All-American status in basketball and won gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics. Then Babe attempted to conquer golf. One of the founders of the LPGA, Babe won more consecutive tournaments than any golfer in history. At the height of her fame, she was diagnosed with cancer. Babe would then take her most daring step of all: go public and try to win again with the hope of inspiring the world. A rollicking saga, stretching across the first half of the 20th century, Wonder Girl is as fresh, heartfelt, and graceful as Babe herself.
