Winter Olympic Games

There exists a great deal of research information on the subject of doping in sports. One can look back in time to the early Olympics and find signs of doping in sports. It appears since the inception of organized sports doping has been a prevalent issue. Many athletes have met their deaths due to doping and many have seen their sports career come to an end as a result of doping…

your competition. But after being caught and stripped of all seven titles was all of this really worth it? All these years later everything you worked for is now gone and pointless. The 1970’s was when blood doping was not banned yet so in the Mexico games athletes used these transfusions. In the 1980’s it was finally banned mainly because of the U.S. cycling…

Once there was a lonely racetrack, and no one had raced on it for twenty five years. The track was very curvy with a lot of loops. It had jumps over lakes, and it was the hardest training facility in the world. This was why it had to close down. The track was in a city in Québec. There were tons of people getting ready for this race for a long time. Callum, the mayor, called for this race because he wanted to see who was the best driver in Québec. The three main drivers were Ollie, Jack, and…

Athletics or Drugs: You Choose The world we live in today is filled with all kinds of mischievous things for our teenagers to get into. Drugs are very big in today’s society. Whether this be in adults or teenagers, you can walk down the streets and see it. Many athletes are users of these substances. There is much controversy over whether student athletes should be drug tested before they are allowed to play the sport of their choice. If they pass, they play. If they fail, they are not…

Over the past years there has been talk of people doing illegal drugs or support enhances to increase sport abilities. As the number of drugs being used in American Sports is decreasing, there are still many cases of drugs being used. The usage of these illegal substance isn’t good for the player’s health or for the sport itself. Many American athletics such as high school, colleges, and professional level give drug tests for the safety of the sport and player. With the knowledge of health risks…

Drugs in sports is a big deal, but what’s the huge deal with drugs and athletes. When athletes do steroids, PED’s, or any other type of enhancer to enhance their athletic ability, it is considered cheating. Due to that, people argue if it should be considered cheating or not. The drugs that the athlete’s take can take a toll on the athlete’s health in the later stages of the athlete’s life. One of the most argued points is if an athlete takes steroids or PED’s, is it considered cheating or not…

governing body for amateur sports and, the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), supported and even encouraged women’s participation in the Olympics (Greenberg 45). During this time period, women were starting to get there rights and they wanted one of those rights to be having the ability to play sports, like the men did. In the 1900s women were allowed to participate in the Olympics, but only could enter in tennis, golf and croquet. Then during the years of 1920, 1924, and 1928 women were allowed to…

In what way is sport and national identity linked? Introduction Nowadays, national identity has been highlighted through a significant part of culture, namely, sport (Bairner, 2008). According to Oxford Dictionaries, national identity is ‘A sense of a nation as a cohesive whole, as represented by distinctive traditions, culture and language’. Particularly, it is a sense of belonging to a nation or state (Bairner, 2003) although there are controversial arguments on the concept. As Edensor (2007)…

‘n’ Roll, and the Olympics all embody these elements. Chidester goes on to also include Tupperware parties, Disney and various other international companies into his argument and the same elements apply. The Olympics is a unique example because it originally started as a so called “religious festival” in Greece in honour of the Greek Gods. Therefore, it does have a religious origin to begin with. Now, millions of people all over the world come together to watch the Olympic games and support…

globalization is the upcoming Olympic games that will take place in August in Brazil. The 24/7 news cycle coupled with social media has delivered multiple news coverage to us about the public health concern and infectious disease that is carried by mosquitoes in Brazil called the Zika virus. According to an article by Dr. Ford Vox (2016), “Brazil will be open to the world this August and prospective travelers will need to stay alert to the evolving Zika threat, and the Olympics organizers have…