To mine more than gold – an analysis of the brazilian olympic performance

Authors

  • José Guilherme Chaui-Berlinck Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Biociências. Departamento de Fisiologia
  • José Eduardo Pereira Wilken Bicudo Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Biociências. Departamento de Fisiologia
  • Mário Sérgio Andrade Ferreira da Silva Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Biociências. Departamento de Fisiologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7594/revbio.12.02.03

Keywords:

Olympic Games, Brazil, Athletes, Performance, Physiology, Society

Abstract

The Olympic Games are sportive events of global relevance. Here, we perform an analysis of the medal table from a general perspective and of the Brazilian performance over the last 10 competitions, and we show that there is no real improvement of such a performance at all. We then try to understand the relationships among the place in the medal table and social aspects of development. We discuss that there is a physiological basis involved in how elite athletes emerge, but without the proper social investment it wouldn’t be possible to select, in a systematic and wide way, these athletes. It is in this sense, of the type of the investment, that gold medals can have a much greater social meaning to the country.

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Published

2018-04-23

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Opinião

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How to Cite

Chaui-Berlinck, J. G., Bicudo, J. E. P. W., & Silva, M. S. A. F. da. (2018). To mine more than gold – an analysis of the brazilian olympic performance. Revista Da Biologia, 12(2), 16-21. https://doi.org/10.7594/revbio.12.02.03