The study adopts a Foucauldian genealogical perspective to examine the transformation of gender discourse in artistic swimming. It highlights importance challenging established norms and stereotypes swimming promote greater inclusivity. By investigating archival documents media coverages related swimming, unveils two discursive factors that result constitution contemporary female-dominant discourse. First, male has gradually diminished along with development sport. Second, continuous...

Research Questions: This paper aims to identify the nature of continuity and change in management elite sports system China from 2001, when Beijing was awarded 2008 Olympic Games, 2013.Research Method: The draws on application theories discursive construction strategy. Strategic policy documents are reviewed data a series semi-structured interviews with key representatives stakeholder groups analysed.Result & Findings: scrutinises power bureaucrats, whose careers have been premised upon...

The aim of this article is to explore Olympic-led sport policy changes (as part Olympic legacy) for China triggered by the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2022 Winter Games. Although there has been a burgeoning research interest in analysing Olympic-triggered legacies, with focus on various areas such as economic, sociocultural, environmental issues, little known about that hosting Games stimulates host nation's policy. Drawing from document analysis, paper reveals two collectively helped expand...

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As a phenomenon exogenous to China, the Olympics have been proactively interpreted in local context since China's entry (and subsequent re-entry 1984) into Olympic movement. With increasing involvement promoting three bids host Games, two of which were successful, respectively, 2001 and 2015, nature discourse key stakeholders relation Chinese elite sport has both reflected reshaped meaning Games sport. This paper examines discursive construction process system by through analyzing statements...

This article presents a study of the rationale, particularly ideological factors, policy change, i.e. termination 'dual-registration policy' Chinese elite divers, through investigating belief system actors in decision-making process and its aftermath, which was collapse an effective diver development system. Besides policies documents academic literature, research data are also collected thirteen interviews. The analysis is conducted employing Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) as theory...

The essay examines the changes and continuities in construction of Chinese national sport hero(in)es after Beijing 2008 Olympics, investigates this development context reform elite sport. Through employing Critical Discourse Analysis to interrogate hero discourse from government-run media concerning two most renowned hero(in)es, paper identifies maintenance, albeit with subtle changes, traditional nationalist account athletic political qualities hero(in)es. Concurrently, there are also new...

This study explores 'inspiration' in the context of Olympic Games, focusing on Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics years after event hosting. Utilizing a retroductive strategy, identifies key sources inspiration, constructs causal model based existing literature, validates it through qualitative quantitative data. Although contextual differences exist between two cities, similar findings emerged: inspirational feelings have indeed persisted hosting largely attributed to 'elite role model'...

This research aims to investigate the way in which Chinese audience decides pay for live streaming of English Premier League when there are also other choices from both legal and illegal sites. Following a Critical Realist position, Glaserian Grounded Theory is employed analyse qualitative data collected through 24 semi-structured interviews scrutinise how willingness influenced. 15 influential factors emerged following analysis were subsequently grouped into four core categories, two relate...

The study unveils a unique case in the Paralympic Games through investigating negotiation between International Committee and Beijing Organising of Olympic Winter for change emblem 2022 two years after its official release. Qualitative data is collected interviews with senior personnel archival documents analysed employing Advocacy Coalition Framework to highlight belief system parties interaction policy subsystem broader political social economic system. findings reveal shift respective...

采用国际奥林匹克运动政策文本数据, 对国际奥委会《遗产战略方针》框架下的奥运遗产愿景与治理的属性、特征及其体现的国际体育联合会利益取向进行分析。结果显示:奥林匹克运动主要利益相关者通过建构奥运遗产的“灵活性”“广泛性”“持久性”属性, 拓展了奥运遗产愿景的时空维度, 丰富了奥运遗产愿景在内容和对象等层面的多样性。这使得奥运遗产治理成为必然——奥组委及其他奥运遗产开发、管理组织必须以更加多样性的手段, 解决奥运遗产规划和继承过程中的资源配置、权力分配与交接问题。同时, 奥运遗产治理也体现出“治理本地性”“奥组委非管理性”特点。