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Witt, Richard
A lifetime of training for just ten seconds: Olympians in their own words / by
London: Bloomsbury, 2012. – 194 p. – ISBN 9781408164037
CIO MA 25355 * classif.: 7:93
Every four years the Olympic Games capture the world's imagination, catapulting new athletes into
the pantheon of sports legends, a reputation built by their accomplishments on the field as well as
their spirit of sportsmanship and perseverance. This new collector's edition, A Lifetime of Training
for Just Ten Seconds, captures the very best quotes by athletes themselves on their Olympic
moment of glory. Beautifully laid out in bold designs that are highly evocative of the style and era
of the Olympiad in which they participated, the book presents the athlete's quotation and gives a
concise history of the Games of that year and the participants involved.
Athènes 2004 / Athens 2004
Article
Full-text
Salt Lake City 2002
Atlanta 1996
Bearing light: flame relays and the struggle for the Olympic Movement
IN: Sport in society, forthcoming special issue, 20 June 2012, Ahead of print
Contains:
Struggling to celebrate: management of the 2004 Olympic flame relay segment in Greece / Spriros
Spiropoulos
The 2004 International relay: a Greek around the world with the Olympic flame / Penelopi B.
Amelidou
American media, intercultural stories and the 2004 Olympic flame ceremonies / Marianthi
Bumbaris Thanopoulos
Hybridity and subversion: the Olympic flame in India / Boria Majumdar, Nelin Mehta
Wenn, Stephen... [et al.]
Tarnished rings: the International Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City bid
scandal
Syracuse N.Y.: Syracus Univ. Press, 2011. – 273 p. – ISBN 9780815632900
CIO MA 25194 * classif.: 032.8
In late 1998 and the early months of 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was an
organization in crisis. Revelations of a slush fund employed by Salt Lake City officials to secure
votes from a number of IOC members in support of the city‘s bid for the 2002 Olympic Winter
Games invited intense scrutiny of the organization by the international media. The IOC and its
president, Juan Antonio Samaranch, staggered through the opening weeks of the scandal, but
ultimately Samaranch and key actors such as IOC Vice–President Richard Pound, Marketing
Director Michael Payne, and Director General François Carrard weathered the storm, safeguarded
the IOC‘s autonomy, and subsequently spearheaded the push for reforms to the Olympic Charter
intended to better position the IOC for the twenty–first century. In ―Tarnished Rings‖, the authors
delve into this fascinating story, exploring the genesis of the scandal and charting the IOC‘s efforts
to bring stability to its operations.
Cooper, Mike
I was an Olympic volunteer
Leicestershire: Upfront Publ. 2011. – 161 p.: ill.
CIO MA 25657 * classif.: 726(086)
To play a part in the Olympic Games is a wonderful experience - probably a once in a lifetime
opportunity - and a rare privilege. No matter what role they play, the support of thousands of
volunteers is absolutely vital to the success of any Olympiad. I was one of the few British
volunteers at the Atlanta Centenary Olympic Games. It was the most exciting and rewarding three
weeks of my life.
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