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Africa and the Olympics : winning away from the podium /

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"At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (held in 2021 due to COVID-19), the fifty-four African countries that participated finished the tournament with the lowest medal haul for any continent, continuing a historic trend since the inception of the modern Games in 1896. Reflecting this relative lack of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cleveland, Todd (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2024]
Series:Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 20.
Subjects:
Olympics > Participation, African > History.
Olympics > Political aspects > Africa > History.
Olympic athletes > Africa.
Athlètes olympiques > Afrique.
Jeux olympiques > Participation africaine > Histoire.
Jeux olympiques > Aspect politique > Afrique > Histoire.

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