International Olympic Committee Archives

Communication Strategy Is an Olympic Sport

October 10, 2023

Published on October 10, 2023, 8:58 a.m.by Chloe Petro. The Olympics, alongside the World Cup, is the largest sporting event in the world. The first recorded Olympic Games were in 776 B.C. and the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece, on April 6, 1896. From the

Sports Mega-Events Pose Mega PR Problems

April 3, 2023

Published on April 3, 2023, at 2:32 p.m. by Hailey Castillo. Sports mega-events are defined as “one-time sporting events of an international scale” that yield “extremely high levels of media coverage and impacts.” These familiar events include the likes of the summer and winter Olympics, as well as

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