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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Olympic athletes"”.

  1. Physical characteristics and functional fitness of Senior Olympic athletes

    Shaulis, Dahn Edward

    … of 28 female (FA) and 37 male (MA) Nevada Senior Olympic athletes from 50 to 86 years of age. Comparison groups of apparently healthy seniors (female n = 40 (FNA), male = 30 (MNA)) not competing in the Senior Olympics were also tested. A questionnaire was conducted to investigate training and …

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  2. Does the Relative Age Effect Exist in Elite Sport? An Analysis of Olympic Competition

    Wingfield, Kathryn McGheeVirginia Tech2017

    … selection process in identifying player talent. Athletes that are identified as talented are more likely to be born in the first three months after the eligibility cut-off for a program's particular age group. This is referred to as the relative age effect (RAE) and has been identified in many …

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  3. "Ice queens" and "snow studs": gender stereotypes and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games

    Jones, Amy HeadUniversity of Alabama Libraries2011

    … of America experienced an unprecedented Winter Olympic Games, winning a total of 37 medals, including nine gold medals. American spectators included the 190 million who viewed the primetime Olympic televised coverage on NBC, and a portion of the 1.6 million in attendance (Vancouver, 2010). There …

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  4. The Pandemic Olympics: A Thematic Analysis of COVID-19 and the Tokyo Olympic Games from a Canadian Perspective

    Stead, Aiden GeorgeUniversité d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa2022

    Hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics during the COVID-19 pandemic presented a major crisis for the Olympic movement, both in Canada and around the world. The Pandemic led to an unprecedented postponement of the games and to widespread concern that the Tokyo Olympics could become a mega-spreader event. …

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  5. Construcción de la identidad nacional en un grupo de atletas olímpicos de Junín y Cuzco

    De La Torre Pizarro, Nairobi Thais2023

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  6. The final hour: coach-athlete interactions immediately prior to performance in basketball

    Fletcher, ScottVictoria University2006

    … (1988) highlighted that mental preparation in Olympic athletes was perceived to be important to successful performance. In the search for understanding of performance excellence researchers (e.g., Durand-Bush & Salmela, 2002, Mahoney & Avener, 1977; McCaffey & Orlick, 1989; Orlick & Partington) …

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