The Black Lives Matter movement reminds us that using national anthems at sporting events is often insensitive and whitewashes the prevalence of racism in sport.
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Sprinter Peter Norman has been memorialised in many ways in the US for his support of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympics. In Australia, it’s taken much longer.
The way Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is being remembered recalls the outpouring of grief and iconic status Eva Peron the First Lady of Argentina was accorded.
Athletes are increasingly expected to be good role models. But we don’t usually expect them to sacrifice their chance of winning to help others.
The Olympic Games are a theatre — sometimes farce, sometimes tragedy, reality TV, morality play or soap opera — where geopolitical, social and technological dramas are played out.
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Macquarie University
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Professor of Health Sciences, Adelaide University
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Adelaide University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University