Ellie Iliopoulou Website

Searching for the Olympic Spirit in the 21st Century

Last update: 23 September 2001

Content description

People who consider the Olympic games the embodiment of sport, many times express the concern that he Olympic Spirit has been altered within the years. The objective of this web site is to discuss how the Olympic movement has gone astray from its original path, by bringing forward various issues related to cultural and social discrimination, the corruption of the Olympic movement, the loss of the original Olympic spirit, etc. Visitors are invited to participate in discussions about these subjects in the various forums related to them. All the forums can be accessed through the Community section. The web site is designed to support blind people who use the Braille system.

 

Current discussions

Sacred Truce

Covering the influence that world politics have over the Olympic games and the hypocrisy of the idea that the Olympic games bring peace and harmony to humanity.

Host Cities

Discussing the hosting dominance of the Western world in the Olympic games because of the use of commercial and financial criteria that favor the IOC members rather than the Olympic movement. 

Paralympics

Exploring the contradictions inside the expanding Paralympic games and the discriminatory policies practiced by the IOC towards the International Paralympic Movement.

 

Upcoming discussions

Doping 

Discussing the subjectivity of the fight against doping and the accusations of fake positive test plotted by the International Olympic Committee. 

Nationalism and Individualism

Debating the transformation of the Olympic Games from a national event to an individual one.

 

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