Tag Archives: olympics

Menstruation and sports performance

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

Known as “The Curse” menstruation has had some bad publicity, especially when it comes to sports performance. Rumour has it that the renowned physiologist Per-Olof Astrand once wrote that “women should not swim during menstruation because of the possibility of … Continue reading →

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Africa, the Olympic Periphery?

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

Anyone who watched the opening ceremony on Friday evening will quickly have realised how little the world seems to have changed over the last decades. While London, as underlined by International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge in his speech, is … Continue reading →

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Who will light the Olympic cauldron?

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

Professor Leighton Vaughan Williams, Director of the Betting Research Unit at Nottingham Business School, wrote this blog for Podium, the Further and Higher Education Unit for the 2012 Games. Have your say in a poll on the Podium website. My tip is: … Continue reading →

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The Olympics – the UK’s biggest peacetime security challenge

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

The Olympic Games presents the biggest emergency management and security challenges that the UK has ever seen during peacetime. It is difficult to give definitive numbers concerning how many extra people will visit the capital during the Games, but estimates … Continue reading →

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Policing, public order and the Olympic Games

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

The policing and maintenance of public order at a major sporting event is always a significant job for the contemporary police service. This is especially the case with an event like the London Olympics. The Games will take place over … Continue reading →

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How Olympic success can lead to a political career

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

Going from sports star to politician might not be the most obvious career move, but for a number of Olympians around the world this seems to be increasingly popular step. After all, the shelf life of most athletes is relatively … Continue reading →

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Get ‘in the flow’ with London 2012

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

We could be forgiven for thinking that the Olympics this year will be all about sport. However, the London Olympics is destined to be an event that captures our imaginations by showcasing a wide range of collective, creative energies, through … Continue reading →

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Silver cross? The strange case of counterfactual thinking among Olympic athletes

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

As a psychologist, I’m interested in how people decide what the reasons for a behaviour or action are. For instance, if Team GB wins the Olympic football gold medal there might be a whole range of reasons that we attribute … Continue reading →

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Two weeks of TV or a fresh start for the fitness of local communities?

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

There has been a lot of political and media rhetoric on whether the London 2012 Games will bring the shift in sports participation that government agencies have been arguing is so needed for some time. A massive amount of investment … Continue reading →

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When Olympic rivalries erupt

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

The Olympics is famously meant to be non-political. As its governing body the IOC is always reminding us, ‘it’s all about the sport’. Except of course that it isn’t. It’s never been about the sport. It’s about continuing old rivalries … Continue reading →

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