The best kept secret in sports: The 2010 youth Olympic Games

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 173-191

  Judge, Lawrence W ^a   Petersen, Jeffrey ^b   Lydum, Matt ^c  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Defiance College   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Fair play; Olympics; Sportsmanship; Youth Olympic Games

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449686421     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690209335939     Document Type: Article

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