Paralympians competing in the olympic games and the potential implications for the paralympic games
| Autor: | Leonardo Jose Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Andressa Fontes Guimaraes-Mataruna, Daniel Range |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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biology
Athletes General Arts and Humanities 05 social sciences Media studies Media coverage 030229 sport sciences biology.organism_classification Public interest Newspaper 03 medical and health sciences Politics 0302 clinical medicine Gossip 0502 economics and business Narrative Sociology Research question 050212 sport leisure & tourism |
| Zdroj: | Cadernos de Educação Tecnologia e Sociedade. 11:105 |
| ISSN: | 2316-9907 |
| DOI: | 10.14571/brajets.v11.n1.105-116 |
| Popis: | The 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, held in Rio de Janeiro, reignited public interest and discussion around Paralympic athletes attempting to qualify for, and compete at, the Olympic Games. That Paralympians have sought to compete at the Olympic Games is, however, not new. This paper looks at the largely unrecognised and often underreported history of Paralympians competing at the Olympic Games and addresses why it is that Paralympians may wish to compete at the Olympic Games. To do this we use historical examples, but also look at the contemporary cases of 3 such athletes: Jason Smyth, Alan Fonteles Cardoso and Markus Rehm. The paper also explores whether or not with advances in medical and prosthetic technologies, as well as potentially increased income and funding, we can expect to see more Paralympians attempting to crossover and compete in the Olympic Games in the future. The methodology used is one of qualitative case studies. The research question was: "What can be learned from the media coverage of Smyth, Oliveira and Rehm’s attempts to qualify for the Olympic Games?” We identify the type of editorial (political, social, cultural, sportive, educational, economic or gossip column); whether or not pictures were used (type of approach - sportive, personal or disability) and the narrative interpretations. We argue that how newspapers choose to report on the aims of Paralympians wishing to compete in the Olympics and the level of coverage that they receive it important. This level of depth of coverage suggests both positive and negative implications for the Paralympic Games, should this trend of athletes wishing to crossover continue. |
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