Saturday July 22nd. Brussels airport, hot, not enough head wind, and our DC-10 just stood there on the runway, waiting for that little breeze that would allow us to go up into the sky (it seemed the plane was too heavy to have enough velocity at the end of the runway to safely take off). We saw all those other planes fly off and our pilot must have thought, after half an hour or so, that what t...

Tracking the swimming performance is important to analyze its progression and stability between competitions and help coaches to define realistic goals and to select appropriate training methods. The aim of this study was to track world-ranked male swimmer's performance during five consecutive seasons (from 2003/2004 to 2007/2008) in Olympic freestyle events. An overall of 477 swimmers and 2385...

Abstract Objective: To analyse the information on health claims present in labelling of creatine monohydrate (CM) products. Design: A descriptive study a selection products marketed as CM, with claims, and that met inclusion/exclusion criteria, was conducted using Amazon Google Shopping websites. The adequacy compliance were evaluated European legislative requirements (European Food Safety Auth...

The first Equestrian Olympic Games were organized in Stockholm in 1912. Riding as well as breeding of the Swedish Warmblood (SWB) has a long tradition in Sweden. The army had enormous amounts of horses in those days but the equestrian sport was quite small, as only officers and gentlemen were allowed to participate in official competitions. Sweden was, however, successful also internationally a...

A comprehensive drug testing program was carried out during the 16 days of the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Canada. State-of-the-art technology was applied, involving high-resolution gas chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, fluorescence polarization immunoassay, and radioimmunoassay. Samples from selected athletes were screened f...

The present research employed seven motivational factors to delineate sports-event volunteer segments for the 2012 London Olympic Games. The investigators conducted a survey of 11,421 volunteers in the 2012 London Olympic Games and used the factor-clustering method to identify three distinct segments (i.e., the obligated, the enthusiastic, and the semi-enthusiastic). In addition, these segments...