Kinesiology 3362F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Olympic Oath, Global Health, Suzanne Lenglen
6 Feb 2019
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After the great war: fighting in wwi ended in 1918 via armistice; officially ends with treaty of. Ioc members struggled to put the war behind them: the league of nations, established via the treaty of versailles, excludes. Solemnly to proclaim sent out invitations any kind of ostracism in the wake of the conflict, which had just drenched. Europe in blood, would have been a violation of the olympic constitution as it then was. Organizing committee which, according to the formula employed since 1896: not telling them not to come, just not sending it in the mail; technically not breaking any rules, ioc became more aware of nationalism on world scale. Irish athletes have to compete as british athletes; they wanted independence but have to get permission from their controlling nation: poland was engaged in war with soviets and couldn"t come to. Olympics, but had been accepted as a national olympic committee.
