The IOC is betting on a younger female leader to signal change. She enters the ring at a crucial time for athletes.
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Kenya has been the leading African country at the games for almost a decade, but medals are harder and harder to secure, so the country must be innovative.
Jan Mashiani and Len Tau apparently found themselves in the US in 1904 as part of a world’s fair displaying ‘savages’.
Women were banned from playing football in many countries, but that’s just one of many barriers they have overcome.
Studies reveal a chequered history when it comes to the benefits of hosting the event.
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Associate professor, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
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Associate Professor Sport History, Stellenbosch University
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Professor and Chair of Allied Health Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Lecturer in Sport Policy and Management, University of Edinburgh