240 research outputs found
Longitudinal profiling, sports arbitration and the woman who had nothing to lose: some thoughts on Pechstein v. International Skating Union
No full textCykelsport og fremskridtsoptimisme
No full textTese: Doping i cykelsporten hænger sammen med sportens genuint moderne karakter.Competitive cycling and confidence in progressThis article is a reflection on the fact that studies have demonstrated that doping is more common in competitive cycle racing than in other branches of sport. It attempts to show that this is a difference that is historically determined. The thesis that forms the background for this analysis is that the use of doping in competitive cycling is related to its genuinely modern nature. The author argues that the use of doping mirrors modernity’s confidence in progress and goes on to show that in all probability the crisis in competitive cycling is no chance consequence of police raids in France and Italy, but must be understood fundamentally as a consequence of the crisis of modernity. While competitive cycling in practice mirrors modernity’s confidence in progress by unconcernedly making use of performance enhancing substances produced by modern science, the relatively new anti-doping campaign is an expression of increasing concern and uncertainty regarding the project called modernity. In other words the miserable state of competitive cycling mirrors the fact that modernity has gone out of fashion and anti-modernity is now “in”.</jats:p
Cykelsport og fremskridtsoptimisme
No full textTese: Doping i cykelsporten hænger sammen med sportens genuint moderne karakter.Competitive cycling and confidence in progressThis article is a reflection on the fact that studies have demonstrated that doping is more common in competitive cycle racing than in other branches of sport. It attempts to show that this is a difference that is historically determined. The thesis that forms the background for this analysis is that the use of doping in competitive cycling is related to its genuinely modern nature. The author argues that the use of doping mirrors modernity’s confidence in progress and goes on to show that in all probability the crisis in competitive cycling is no chance consequence of police raids in France and Italy, but must be understood fundamentally as a consequence of the crisis of modernity. While competitive cycling in practice mirrors modernity’s confidence in progress by unconcernedly making use of performance enhancing substances produced by modern science, the relatively new anti-doping campaign is an expression of increasing concern and uncertainty regarding the project called modernity. In other words the miserable state of competitive cycling mirrors the fact that modernity has gone out of fashion and anti-modernity is now “in”
Sportens forførende skønhed:En antologi om sport og æstetik
No full textFå ting i verden har samme tag i mennesker som sporten. Den griber børn, voksne, kvinder, mænd, rige og fattige. Og den griber på tværs af religiøse og politiske skel. Sportens tiltrækningskraft er en gåde. Ikke mindst nu.I løbet af den sidste snes år har den ene skandale afløst den anden. Korruption, doping og aftalt spil har fået dommedagsbasuner til at lyde. Hvis ikke sporten besinder sig og finder tilbage på dydens smalle sti – dvs. hvis ikke atleter, trænere, sponsorer og sportens organisationer gør fælles front mod det stigende uvæsen – så vil sporten gå til grunde. Advarslerne har ikke været til at tage fejl af. Fairplay-idelaerne må genoplives. Hvis ikke, vil interessen dø.Men mærkværdigvis er der ingen umiddelbare tegn på, at sporten skulle være svækket. Sporten har stadig tag i folk. Det kunne tyde på, at fairplay-ideen er overvurderet. Måske ligger sportens attraktion et helt andet sted. Sportens fortalere har ofte berømmet den for at være opdragende. Men de synes gang på gang at være modsagt i praksis.Bogen hér er udsprunget af en mistanke om, at sportens appel snarere beror på dens skønhed end på dens karakterdannende egenskaber
Sportens forførende skønhed:En antologi om sport og æstetik
No full textFå ting i verden har samme tag i mennesker som sporten. Den griber børn, voksne, kvinder, mænd, rige og fattige. Og den griber på tværs af religiøse og politiske skel. Sportens tiltrækningskraft er en gåde. Ikke mindst nu.I løbet af den sidste snes år har den ene skandale afløst den anden. Korruption, doping og aftalt spil har fået dommedagsbasuner til at lyde. Hvis ikke sporten besinder sig og finder tilbage på dydens smalle sti – dvs. hvis ikke atleter, trænere, sponsorer og sportens organisationer gør fælles front mod det stigende uvæsen – så vil sporten gå til grunde. Advarslerne har ikke været til at tage fejl af. Fairplay-idelaerne må genoplives. Hvis ikke, vil interessen dø.Men mærkværdigvis er der ingen umiddelbare tegn på, at sporten skulle være svækket. Sporten har stadig tag i folk. Det kunne tyde på, at fairplay-ideen er overvurderet. Måske ligger sportens attraktion et helt andet sted. Sportens fortalere har ofte berømmet den for at være opdragende. Men de synes gang på gang at være modsagt i praksis.Bogen hér er udsprunget af en mistanke om, at sportens appel snarere beror på dens skønhed end på dens karakterdannende egenskaber
An Exploration of the Eligibility Conditions for the 2024 Olympic Games: Russians Out, Belarussians In
No full textIn 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The attack was facilitated by Belarus, the territory that was used as a launchpad for Russia’s assault from the North on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. In response to the invasion, some international sports federations decided to exclude athletes from these two countries, while others continued to regard them eligible. In early 2023, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach spoke out in favor of including Russian and Belarussian athletes in the Olympic Games under a neutral flag. He later explained his position as a defense of the Olympic principles as formulated in the Olympic charter. In this article, we examine if Bach’s position is justifiable, based on the Olympic charter. Our analysis leads us to the conclusion that it is not. Although we concede that individual athletes should not be held responsible for the unlawful acts of their country, we find that because of the way Russia conducts the war and exploits their athletes in its war propaganda, the principles outlined in the Olympic charter nevertheless justifies the exclusion of Russian athletes from the Paris Olympics. However, the exclusion of Belarusian athletes cannot be justified by the same principles as Belarus was not responsible for the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, does not actively take part in the war, and has not been at war with anyone since it reclaimed sovereignty after the breakup of the Soviet Union
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