The Best Olympics Ever?

The Best Olympics Ever?

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

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State University of New York Press
Año de edición:
2002
Materia
Deportes y recreación al aire libre
ISBN:
9780791454749
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Uses the Sydney Olympics as a prism through which to explore recent Olympic scandals, media coverage, reform efforts, and controversies.Despite International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samarach’s proclaiming the Sydney 2000 Olympics as the 'best ever,' the truth of the matter is much less one-sided. In The Best Olympics Ever? Helen Jefferson Lenskyj discloses what the Sydney 2000 Olympic industry suppressed: the real costs and impacts.

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