INFLUENCE OF 2002, 2006, 2010 AND 2014 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES ON THE PROGRESS OF SPORTS IN THE WORLD
Abstract
Nowadays world sport is becoming more complex and dependent on many components. Olympic success is the most significant and integrated indicator of sport development level in a particular country. This indicator is based on the number of medals won by the athletes of a country at the Olympics. However it can only be applied to compare the major sports countries. The studies on the Olympic success evaluate various factors: socio-economic, environmental, political and other. The paper focuses on the results of Winter Olympic Games in the 21st century ad basing on specially developed indicators assesses the current level of winter sports development in the world and the changes which occurred over the last decade.
About the Author
E. V. Gorohova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Socio-Economic Geography of Foreign Countries, postgraduate
student
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Gorohova E.V. INFLUENCE OF 2002, 2006, 2010 AND 2014 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES ON THE PROGRESS OF SPORTS IN THE WORLD. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2018;(2):97-101. (In Russ.)
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