The mythology of the bullet-proof athlete often obscures the reality of elite sport’s mental toll.
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These games should compel traditional sport to solve its fundamental problems and reflect upon the true value of sport and athletes.
By enforcing a ‘sex test’ for athletes, the International Olympic Committee has reignited the debate about what a ‘level playing field’ actually means in sport.
The IOC’s new policy mandating genetic sex testing is scientifically flawed, ethically problematic and legally questionable.
Genetic testing is now required to participate in women’s events in the Olympics. But the new policy oversimplifies biological sex and risks discrimination against some female athletes.
The International Olympic Committee has announced eligibility for women’s events will be determined by a “once-in-a-lifetime” sex test.
If political neutrality means never making political decisions, then the Olympics wouldn’t work because deciding which countries are eligible to compete is inherently political.
The IOC has failed, yet again, to be a global leader in the promotion of peace and human rights.
The way hosts are now selected can be traced to the Salt Lake City scandal which exposed weaknesses in the bidding system in the late 1990s.
It’s a big shift from the IOC, which has kept a tight rein on the rights to footage.
As the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rolls out AI-assisted judging at the Winter Olympics, how is this new technology set to revolutionise the sports industry?
Kirsty Coventry’s rise to political importance as a white woman in a black majority Zimbabwe shows how sport is able to reshape race and power.
New International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry has ten key areas to consider in taking the reins.
The IOC asked every sport to prepare a sustainability strategy, and some are much better than others.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has endorsed the creation of the Olympic Esports Games, an important chapter for both Olympic sport and video games.
Pierre de Coubertin hoped to channel the best of the ancient ceremonies into a new tradition that could foster both national pride and international harmony.
With Channel Nine holding the broadcast rights to the Paris games, other networks are hamstrung. Here’s how the system works.
Can mega-sporting events ever be truly sustainable? For New Zealand sports bodies the question is doubly hard to answer.
The number of cities interested in hosting the Olympics is falling – the authorities are scrambling to change this.
Hosting the Olympic surfing half a world away from the host city of Paris has highlighted just how hard it is for mega-events to be truly environmentally sustainable.
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Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato
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