Olympic Charter

Earnings of Olympic athletes: a case study of m/f Track sprinters & Distance runners (1500 and / or Marathon) Introduction: Olympic athletes seek above all to be successful in their sporting field, hoping to achieve the Olympic dream of achieving a place on dais for their country. In order to be successful however Olympians are required to complete intensive training and cooperate with like-minded health professionals whom help them achieve their goal. But how does a single athlete competing…

Owen Gibson 's article, “Olympic Anti-Discrimination Clause Introduced After Sochi Gay Rights Row,” discusses the International Olympic Committee 's (IOC) new anti-discrimination clause in its host city contract. The IOC introduced this new clause due to the controversy around Russia 's anti-gay laws before the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. They informed the prospective bidders for hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics of the changes to the contract, which acts as a binding agreement between the IOC and…

The history of the Olympic Games is a good example of showcasing the amateur-professional divide. When the modern games as we know them were revived in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and the International Olympic Committee at the International Athletic Congress. Enforcing amateurism was central to Pierre de Coubertin’s vision for the Olympics. Competitors at the first Olympics in Athens in 1896 were all wealthy, white, aristocratic men. It is important to look at the Olympics when researching the…

The Olympics originated from the Greeks around 776 BC were actually once abolished after the Romans took over, and it was not until 1894 that the Games were revived (International Olympic Committee). Held every four years, the Olympics are sports competitions with competitors from all over the world representing their own country. The Olympics have developed into such a worldwide competition that it became tremendously popular with a large amount of people. The founder of the International…

up in support of each other and turn out to be nearer on a cozy level. Ken Jones expresses that game advances great in people and great in the public arena and this is a long custom. He says, "Control 1 of the Olympic Charter takes after this custom when it expresses: The point of the Olympic Movement is to instruct youngsters through game in a soul of better shared comprehension and of fellowship, in this way fabricating a superior and more serene world” (Sport and…

world, the majority of the profits would not be possible without marketing and advertisements. Every two years the Olympics games take place and businesses all over the world want to be included in the large profits associated with sponsorships of these games. The Olympic Games are the most watched sporting events that create profitable global media events. The International Olympic Committee uses Olympism, “a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body,…

an alternative from the modern day Olympics, for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and queer athletes (LGBTQ). These games provide a significant and supportive environment without concern for homosexual prejudice and or discrimination. This making the Gay games an opportunity for athletes, coaches, consumers an opportunity to partake in the shift for social equality in society. This paper is not meant to criticize the Olympics and or the International Olympic Committee, rather…

As attractive as it may be, marketing during the Olympics is no small feat; sponsors and partners face many challenges and obstacles on their quest for commercial gold. Many rules and regulations crowd potential marketers; if a company wishes to be visible on the international stage of the Games, it must abide by domestic laws and IOC regulations. Each city and, accordingly, country that hosts the games in a particular year has control over what happens on their soil. Any international…

In the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the entire Russian track and field team was suspended and at least 120 athletes at the Rio Olympics were previously suspended for doping, and 31 of these athletes won medals in Rio (Halchin & Rollins, 2016; Aisch &Lai, 2016). The Rio Olympic Games was hosted during August 5th to August 21th in 2016. Although the Olympics was a celebrating event for the people all over the world, doping issues still aroused widespread concerns. The aim of the paper is to explain the…

participation in the Olympics, media coverage of women’s sports and the recent women’s FIFA world cup will show that the 2000’s are the golden age for women’s sports. It wasn’t long ago that women first joined the Olympics. It was on May 14 Oct. 28 1900 that 22 women first got to partake in the Paris Olympics, in only five sports: tennis, croquet,…