OBJECTIVE To examine if there is an increased participation in physical or sporting activities following an Olympic or Paralympic games. DESIGN Overview of systematic reviews. METHODS We searched the Medline, Embase, Cochrane, DARE, SportDISCUS and Web of Knowledge databases. In addition, we searched for 'grey literature' in Google, Google scholar and on the International Olympic Committee ...

It is often believed that the Olympic Games have become more migratory. The number of Olympic athletes representing countries in which they weren't born is thought to be on the rise. It should, however, be noted that migration in the context of sports is hardly a new phenomenon. In this paper we hypothesise that, as a reflection of global migration patterns and trends, the number of foreign-bor...

Elite athletes are required to spend several years in preparing themselves for world-caliber international sporting events such as the Olympic Games. This preparation is comprised of physical, technical, tactical – and psychological – training. The purpose of this paper is to describe the four-year psychological preparation program given to Israeli elite athletes whose goal is to participate in...

Research question: Can evidence of trickle-down-effects be observed among youth living in the hometowns Canadian athletes that competed and/or won medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games? Research methods: Leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) rates male and female were extracted from Community Health Survey (n > 1,000,000) for 110 health regions during pre-Olympic (2009/2010), Olympic...

This paper presents the virtual reality systems, interaction devices and software used at the Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW). The applications that FHW has produced, associated with the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, are then detailed. The separate virtual reality shows are presented in terms of interactivity and educational value. Technical aspects of the productions are explained, w...