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The Best Olympics Ever?
Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: Helen Jefferson Lenskyj
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-01 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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Uses the Sydney Olympics as a prism through which to explore recent Olympic scandals, media coverage, reform efforts, and controversies.
100 Greatest Moments in Olympic History
Language: en
Pages: 128
Authors: Bud Greenspan
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Stoddart

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Profiles the accomplishments of one hundred athletes in Olympic competition throughout the 20th century.
The Dirtiest Race in History
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Richard Moore
Categories: Doping in sports
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-01 - Publisher: A&C Black

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The men's 100m final at the 1988 Olympics has been described as the dirtiest race ever - but also the greatest. Aside from Johnson's blistering time, the race i
The London Olympics of 2012
Language: en
Pages: 211
Authors: Stephen Wagg
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-29 - Publisher: Springer

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Analysing the politics of the 2012 London Olympics, Stephen Wagg examines the framing of London's bid to host the Games, arguments about the Games' likely impac
Securing and Sustaining the Olympic City
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: Pete Fussey
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-01 - Publisher: Routledge

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Often seen as the host nation's largest ever logistical undertaking, accommodating the Olympics and its attendant security infrastructure brings seismic changes