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There are also campaigns calling for Chinese goods to be boycotted. One of the main problems facing the Olympics and international sports in general is doping, or performance enhancing drugs.
In the early 20th century, many Olympic athletes began using drugs to enhance their performance. For example, the winner of the marathon at the Games , Thomas J. Hicks , was given strychnine and brandy by his coach, even during the race. As these methods became more extreme, gradually the awareness grew that this was no longer a matter of health through sports.
In the mids, sports federations put a ban on doping, and the IOC followed suit in The first and so far only Olympic death caused by doping occurred in At the cycling road race in Rome the Danish rider Knud Enemark Jensen fell from his bicycle and later died. A coroner's inquiry found that he was under the influence of amphetamines. The first Olympic athlete to test positive for doping use was Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall , a Swedish pentathlete at the Summer Olympics , who lost his bronze medal for alcohol use.
Seventy-three athletes followed him over the next 38 years, several medal winners among them. The most publicised doping-related disqualification was that of Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson , who won the m at the Seoul Olympics , but tested positive for stanozolol.
Despite the testing, many athletes continued to use doping without getting caught. In , documents were revealed that showed many East German female athletes had been unknowingly administered anabolic steroids and other drugs by their coaches and trainers as a government policy.
The recent Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics have shown that this battle is not nearly over, as several medalists in weightlifting and cross-country skiing were disqualified due to doping offences. Test results indicated the presence of the banned-stimulant pseudophedrine which had been prescribed to her by an Olympic doctor.
Raducan had been unaware of the presence of the illegal substance in the medicine that had been prescribed to her for a cold she had during the games. During the Winter Olympics , only one athlete failed a drug test and had a medal revoked. The only other case involved 12 members with high levels of haemoglobin and their punishment was a five day suspension for health reasons. The International Olympic Committee introduced blood testing for the first time during these games. Politics interfered with the Olympics on several occasions, the most well-known of which was the Summer Olympics in Berlin, where the games were used as propaganda by the German Nazis.
At this Olympics, a true Olympic spirit was shown by Luz Long , who helped Jesse Owens a black athlete to win the long jump, at the expense of his own silver medal. Instead, the Soviets organized an international sports event called Spartakiads, from onward.
Many athletes from Communist organizations or close to them chose not to participate or were even barred from participating in Olympic Games, and instead participated in Spartakiads. A political incident on a smaller scale occurred at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Two American track-and-field athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos , performed the Black Power salute on the victory stand of the meter track and field race. The USOC opted for the former.
The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran specifically orders its athletes not to compete in any Olympic heat, semi-final, or finals that includes athletes from Israel. At the Olympics, an Iranian judoka who had otherwise earned his place, did not compete in a heat against an Israeli judoka. Despite what Coubertin had hoped for, the Olympics did not bring total peace to the world. In fact, three Olympiads had to pass without Olympics because of war: due to World War I the Games were cancelled, and the summer and winter games of and were cancelled because of World War II.
During the Summer Olympics in Munich, a massacre of 11 members from the Israeli Olympic team occurred. The team members were taken hostage and eventually killed, along with a German police officer, by the Palestinian group Black September. During the Summer Olympics in in Atlanta, a bombing at the Centennial Olympic Park killed two and injured others.
The bomb was set by Eric Robert Rudolph, an conservative American domestic terrorist, who is currently serving a life sentence. Olympic Games since then have required an extremely high degree of security due to the fear of possible terrorist activities. A number of organizations are involved in organizing the Olympic Games.
Together they form the Olympic Movement. The rules and guidelines by which these organizations operate are outlined in the Olympic Charter. It can be seen as the government of the Olympics, as it takes care of the daily problems and makes all important decisions, such as choosing the host city of the Games, and the programme of the Olympics. OCOGs are dissolved after the celebration of each Games, once all subsequent paperwork has been completed. More broadly speaking, the term Olympic Movement is sometimes also meant to include everybody and everything involved in the Olympics, such as national sport governing bodies, athletes, media, and sponsors of the Olympic Games.
Most Olympic Games have been held in European and North American cities; only a few games have been held in other places, and all bids by countries in South America and Africa have failed. Many believe the games should expand to include locations in poorer regions. Economists point out that the massive infrastructure investments could springboard cities into earning higher GDP after the games.
However, many host cities regret the high costs associated with hosting the games as a poor investment [33]. In the past, the IOC has often been criticised for being a monolithic organisation, with several members remaining a member at old age, or even until their deaths. Under his presidency, the Olympic Movement made great progress, but has been seen as autocratic and corrupt.
Samaranch's ties with the Franco's regime in Spain and his long term as a president 21 years, until he was 81 years old have also been points of critique. In , it became known that several IOC members had taken bribes from the organising committee for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, in exchange for a vote on the city at the election of the host city.
The IOC started an investigation, which led to four members resigning and six being expelled. The scandal set off further reforms, changing the way in which host cities are elected to avoid further bribes. Also, more active and former athletes were allowed in the IOC, and the membership terms have been limited.
Later, a similar movement in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia organized to protest the hosting of the Winter Games. These movements were particularly concerned about adverse local economic impact and dislocation of people to accommodate the hosting of the Olympics.
The documentary claimed it is possible to bribe IOC members into voting for a particular candidate city. They have denied the allegations. Others have alleged that the Winter Olympics were held in Turin because officials bribed the IOC and so Turin got the games and Sion, Switzerland which was the favorite did not.
The Olympic Movement has been accused of being overprotective of its symbolism in particular, it claims an exclusive and monopolistic copyright over any arrangement of five rings and the term "olympics" , and have taken action against things unrelated to sport, such as the role-playing game Legend of the Five Rings.
It was accused of homophobia in when it successfully sued the Gay Olympics, an event now known as the Gay Games, to ban it from using the term "olympics" in its name. The Olympic movement uses many symbols, most of them representing Coubertin's ideas and ideals. With World Cups and Olympic qualifying taking place since Rio, its time for a football soccer reset. The sport of handball combines elements of basketball and football soccer. The ball is moved by either passing or dribbling up and down a court.
Unlike basketball, players do not shoot the ball into a hoop; rather they attempt to throw the ball past a goaltender guarding a football-like net. Handball took a hiatus from Olympic competition until Germany once again held the Games in , this time in Munich.
The Olympics have allowed countless judokas around the world to become household names since judo was first added to the program in Karate is a new sport to the Olympic program and will make its debut at the Tokyo Games. Before being added to the Tokyo Olympic program, karate had two unsuccessful attempts to gain entry to the Olympics it was considered for both the London and Rio Olympic programs. The modern pentathlon from the Greek word pente consists of five disciplines, including fencing , swimming , equestrian , and a combined event involving m cross-country running and laser pistol.
One of the most physically demanding Olympic sports, rowing is all about endurance. With each race metres long, rowers reach anywhere between 40 and 47 strokes per minute.
With many different events, the number of competitors per boat, as well as the type of rowing varies. There are two different types of rowing: sweeping and sculling. Sweeping, much like the name suggests, requires the use of one oar, with the athlete only rowing on one side of the boat. Sculling, in turn, requires the use of two oars, one in each hand. Feb 26, Amaya Feb 20, Who was the first person to join the olympics? Tyson Feb 17, This is so amazing I love Speed Skating.
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