Olympics

It may be understandable why those in charge of the 2016 Rio Olympics created Rule 40. This rule forbids athletes from pointing out in any way, or even mentioning, sponsors that helped them as they prepared to get to the Olympics, but are not actually associated with the games. After all, advertisers who do participate in the Olympics bring in a lot of money. The rule also includes forbidding the mentions of summer, effort, and performance in a generic way to promote a company. It 's also…

are making political cartoons to show how the Olympics are an important and unifying event or if they are a demonstration of our inequalities. We discussed the Olympics to see if the Olympics are a unifying event or are they just a demonstration of inequalities and economic waste. There is controversy behind the Olympics, a lot of people believe that the Olympics put an economic burden on the people of Rio. While other people believe that the Olympics helped the local economy in Rio. The…

Intro Choosing a host country for an Olympic Game is one of the most important decisions the International Olympic Committee makes. Countries that desire to host the Olympic Games go through three stages of the candidature process and after the long seven- year process, the host country for the Game is announced (Olympic.org). Countries propose their candidature to host the Olympics for different reasons. Some of them hope to achieve economic growth by hosting the Game, some want to strengthen…

The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was the first international Olympic Games held in modern history. Organised by the International Olympic Committee; held in Athens, Greece, from the 6th to 15th of April 1896. The World Bank estimates Brazil’s economy will shrink 2.5 per cent this year, and while it is still struggling to pay off its World Cup bills, the government allocated 9.7 billion US dollars from the public and private sectors to fund the facilities…

The 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany’s Berlin were the first olympic games to be seriously documented on camera with Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia (1938). The games were split into two parts: Olympia 1. Teil — Fest der Völker (Festival of Nations) and Olympia 2. Teil — Fest der Schönheit (Festival of Beauty). Part I runs 126 minutes and Riefenstahl makes great use of those 126 minutes. Starting with a visual overture of dolly and pan shots of roman architecture and statues, extreme closeups of the…

Hosting the Olympic games is not advantageous for the host city is because of how incredibly expensive the games are. The cost of hosting the games has been rising and now it costs a country billions of dollars. The games cost cities and countries billions of dollars to fund and produce. The 2008 Beijing Games, and the 2014 Sochi Winter Games cost each country around 50 billion dollars. This translates to an average of $120 million per event in Beijing, and $520 million per event in Sochi (Why).…

As I was watching this year’s Winter Olympic games in PyeongChang, South Korea, was amazed at all the workers, buildings, and other various infrastructure that went into these games. It was quite spectacular of a show. I remember the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing, china, as one that stands out to me in the design of the “birds nest”, and the exquisite opening and closing ceremonies. Along with having a huge performance, and the infrastructure behind it means a lot of financial efforts. After…

1972 Munich Olympics Law enforcement professionals should be ready to learn from their mistakes. The 1972 Munich Olympics became one of the greatest human tragedies in the history of counter terrorism. The paper reviews the principal aspects of the security response to the Munich massacre in 1972. Some of the issues considered include Germany's response to the incident, pre-attack warnings, the level of security preparedness during the Olympics, as well as the role of fusion centers in…

History The 1938 Olympics were an important event in history because the Nazi Party tried to use it for propaganda, Jesse Owens helped to end the rampant racism, and because it started to pit the world against Nazi Germany. The 1938 Olympics were held in Berlin. This was because the Olympic committee wanted to bring Germany back into global events after its defeat at World War one. The Nazis saw this as an opportunity to make the world see that they were nice and tolerant, and not…

The days of the Olympic Games being an event focused on sport, if they ever existed, are long gone. We now see a heavy emphasis on money and politics in the Games, which is demonstrated by the concept of the Olympic legacy. According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), “The Olympic Games have the power to deliver lasting benefits which can considerably change a community, its image and its infrastructure” (International Olympic Committee [IOC], 2013). These apparent benefits are what…