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"Often athletes are at the bottom of most power imbalances within sport," says two-time Olympic bronze medallist Bronwen Knox OLY. She is using her position in our Athlete Advisory Group to bring athletes to the forefront of decision making. The AAG, which features Olympians, Paralympians and representatives from professional sporting codes, works with us to help us understand the integrity threats within sports. Meet our AAG ▶ https://lnkd.in/gqnRGjWV #ProtectingSportTogether #AAG

Fantastic session with the Australasian Soccer Academy we covered Luft and Ingham (1955) The Johari Window model is also referred to as a 'disclosure/feedback model of self awareness'. The Johari Window actually represents information - feelings, experience, views, attitudes, skills, intentions, motivation, etc - within or about a person - in relation to their group, from four perspectives

Have we reached the point in sports where coming second and third dont count. Clearly the medal table now ranks the number of Gold medals and no credit for the accumulative effort of collecting silver and bronze medals. So, if a team came 1st, 2nd and 3rd to collect 3 medals i.e. "Team Work", its only the athlete who received Gold that ranks overall. Team GB got a total of 65 medals which in my books puts them in 3rd place. I think Ukraine should be top for winning 3 Gold for battling against the odds, that would stick it to the Russians. https://lnkd.in/gaU7xvtT

🕊️🤝 Olympic Games Fact #3 - Olympic Truce The tradition of the “Olympic Truce”, or “Ekecheiria”, was established in Ancient Greece in the ninth century BC through the signing of a treaty between three kings. Taking into account the new political reality in which sport and the Olympic Games exist, the IOC decided to revive the concept of the Olympic Truce for the Olympic Games, with a view to protecting, as far as possible, the interests of the athletes and sport in general, and to harness the power of sport to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliationmore broadly. Since 1993, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly has repeatedly expressed its support for the Olympic Truce ideal and for the IOC’s mission by adopting, every two years – one year before each edition of the Olympic Games – a resolution entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal". As of 2022, the modern Olympic Truce starts one week before the main opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and ends one week after the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games. The Truce has been violated three times in the modern history of the Games (2008, 2014 and 2022). #protocol #olympicgames #paris

1984 Olympic 2x Bronze medalist (200 & 4x100m) Thomas Jefferson and I had a friendly debate. Which US Olympic team had the most medals 1984 or 2016? This answer is a little complicated. We called our in-house track and field statition and historian Duffy Mahoney for this answer. He said 1984 won 40 medals but they put an astrik by it because Russia boycotted the 1984 Olympic Games. 2016 the U.S. competed against Russia and the rest of the world and we won 32 medals. Technically 1984 has the most but they didn’t compete against the whole world. Do you think the 1984 Olympic team won this debate or do you think 2016 Olympic Team won? #ShotDiva #TeamUSA #History #Olympians

In the name of the athletes. In the name of all judges. In the name of all the coaches and officials. We promise to take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules and in the spirit of fair play, inclusion and equality. Together we stand in solidarity and commit ourselves to sport without doping, without cheating, without any form of discrimination. We do this for the honour of our teams, in respect for the Fundamental Principles of Olympism, and to make the world a better place through sport. Olympic Oath <https://lnkd.in/ejvUyaKz>

I don’t t know if we can still call it ambush marketing if it is made so official. Interesting to read how the Olympic marketing is changing.

The new Olympic motto is “Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter” Translated from Latin means “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together” As we watch the best of each discipline gather from around the world to compete for gold, silver or bronze, we remind ourselves it's a competition of unity, teamwork & sportsmanship. For all that separates us, there is far more that unites us... Come on Team GB ! https://lnkd.in/enChVRzp

The tradition of the Olympic Truce has been to ensure a halt of all hostilities, allowing the safe passage and participation of athletes and spectators taking part in the Olympic Games. Here are 5️⃣ facts about the #OlympicTruce. #Olympics #Olympics2024 International Olympic Committee – IOC

🚨 Insight into Olympic Medal Performance of Host Nations (2000 - 2022) As we wrapped up the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, I recently delved into how host nations have performed over the last two decades. Here's an interesting breakdown of medal counts when countries hosted the Olympics versus their average performance in the previous five Games (same season). 📊 #Olympics #SportsAnalytics #Paris2024 #DataDriven #Performance #OlympicGames #France #SportsPerformance #LinkedInInsights