The Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saw the United States finish atop the gold medal standings in swimming for the eighth consecutive Olympic Games. However, the margin was smaller than at any of the prior seven thanks to an all-time performance by Australia, wh...
Modern sport has generated an enormous amount of politics in China, because of the nature of the government's control of sport. The Chinese Communists use sport to obtain power in the international sports world. However, during the power-control process there are clashes of values and interests...
held. In 1924 the winter games began in Chamonix, France. The summer and winter games are each held every four years. Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, the summer games are held during the first year of an Olympiad, the winter games during the third year....
The Olympic flame, already lit at Olympia in Greece and taken to Japan for a now-cancelled torch relay, would stay in the host nation as a symbol of hope. "We came to the conclusion that, in order to safeguard the health of the athletes and everybody involved in the Olympic Games, we...
And, in a quite incomparable year of sport, London will take its place at the centre of the world.The plans for the London Olympics have unfolded over the months and years. We have all witnessed great occasions, events of global significance. But in terms of size, scope and sheer ...
The Shortlist Architecture LA TOUR BOIS-LE-PRETRE, PARIS- Designed byDruot, Lacaton and Vassal The striking transformation of a run-down tower in northern Paris created an alternative approach to the physical and social redevelopment of decaying post-war housing. ...
he Prospect of 2012 This Can Be Our BEST Sporting Year Ever; the 1948 Austerity Olympics, the Matthews Final in a Stunning 1953 and, of Course, 1966 ... Blessed Memories All. Yet They Pale before the Prospect of 2012This Can Be Our BEST Sporting Year Ever; the 1948 Austerity Olympics,...