This course examines the aspirations, achievements, problems and prospects of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Movements and their implications for physical activity and health. The modern Olympic Movement, initiated by Pierre de Coubertin, has outlasted all rivals -- notably the Women’s Olympics, Workers’ Olympiads and the Games of the Emerging Forces -- and won the allegiance of virtually the entire world. It now enjoys enormous influence over the development of sports and other forms of physical activity and now incorporates the Paralympic Games.

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