ABSTRACT Research Question: The sources of countries' success in sporting events have
been investigated for a long time. In addition to socioeconomic factors, sport specialization …

Purpose While the Olympic Games are always under the spotlight, the Paralympic Games
are somehow ignored. This paper aims to invite the general public to think about the para …

Одноборства завжди були популярними видами спорту в Україні. Наші спортсмени
успішно виступали на європейській та світовій арені, але в останні п'ять років чоловіча …

Purpose Ranking of nations by medal tally is a popular feature of the Olympics, but such
ranking is a poor measure of sporting prowess or engagement until the tallies are adjusted …

This article suggests that the cultural distance between participating and host countries can
be a new determinant of medal performance at international sports competitions. Prior …

ABSTRACT Rationale: This paper examines Japan's performance at the Tokyo 2020
Olympic Games and considers whether the inclusion of new sports and the Games being …

T he paper uses Heckman model to examine the statistical importance of over 140
independent variables on the Olympic performance of all countries participating in the …

Abstract In 2019, The Open University celebrated its 50th anniversary. For most of its fifty
years it has been delivering statistics education to both specialists and non-specialists …

Introduction: Western Pacific nations have experienced lower excess mortality compared to
rest of the world since 2020 and recently performed exceptionally well on the medal tally at …

Zusammenfassung Das Konzept zur Leistungssportreform ist beschlossen. Eine
potenzialorientierte Fördersystematik ist das Ziel. Der Diskussionsbeitrag stellt die im Sport …