Olympics

the more rating and entertaining we get. For example, one of the best races in the World is men’s 100m finals in the Olympics. If the athlete who competes in this race uses doping and breaks a record, people are going to be exciting and astonishing. However, using doping is against sports law and unethical. Because according to Pierre de Coubertin, who is the founder of the Olympics, definition of “the spirit of the sport” is how we play true (Moller, 2010). Also WADA defines the spirit of the…

Joining the Olympics is not just about competing and winning at every sport but also being its host gives a lot of pride and glory to the host country at a substantial cost. The Olympic games are supposed to bring people together from all over the world. Thus, being the chosen host country has been a prestigious honor for these countries. It is believed by these countries that when they are chosen, it is a time for them to rebrand themselves to the world without having to see the financial and…

In the book “The Olympics In Ancient Greece” was an event well kept recorded of how many people participated and came to honor their greek gods and goddesses for the enjoyment of the game and the honor for their gods. Back in ancient greek times around the years when the first record olympic games in 776 B.C. was to far from when christianity was form so the religion aspect was celebrated different. Back in greek time Polytheism was the main religion and the practices of multiple gods and…

host the 1936 Olympics, making up for the canceled games of 1916. President Roosevelt was not involved in the activities occurring in Germany after World War I and wanted no part in it. After Hitler took power in 1933, he began the construction of a large sports complex which cost 42 million Reichmarks. The events that occurred before, during and after the 1936 Olympic Games would forever change the history and future of the Games. Despite the events that occurred during the Olympics, there were…

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…

for the Olympics, has been the subject of much debate in the media recently. It is in response to this discussion that Chris Berg has written his article "Rio's financial crisis reveals the moral bankruptcy of the Olympics" and Mark Knight has also drawn a cartoon. In his article, published in The ABC News on 21 June 2016, Berg contends in a frustrated and critical tone that it is the epitome of government waste. Berg's intended audience seem to be comprised of the people watching the Olympics,…

The 1980 Summer Olympic protest was wrong of all countries participating because politics should never interfere with athletics. The protesting of the olympics demonstrated that it hurts the athletes the most and harms the game itself. The first instance of politics affecting the Olympics was in 1936 when Germany hosted and tried to promote the idea of superiority with its Aryan race. Adolf Hitler used the Olympic’s as a platform to show how great Germany was after being rebuilt after the…

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…

Olympic drug testing is one way of finding out if the athletes really did work their hardest to achieve where they are on that day. Although Lance Armstrong and Ben Johnson may have good reason, all team members should be drug tested in order to compete in the Olympic games because new rules for anti-doping have been made, and once local athletes test positive for performance enhancing drugs, they should start thinking of new lives as codes seem to have nothing in place for them. Lance…

The Olympic Games have been a set tradition in our society for many years. The games bring forth a variation of cultures from all over the globe to all compete in this selective event. Years of preparation are needed to conduct these games due to venue construction and training. Funding this event is also a huge factor because the games bring forth extensive costs. It takes years to plan and construct a worthwhile experience in real life and when watching these games on television. The United…