Physics, technology and the Olympics
Physics, technology and the Olympics
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物理、技术和奥林匹克
DOI：
10.1088/2058-7058/13/9/28
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发表时间：
2000
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影响因子：
0.6
通讯作者：
S. Haake
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作者：
S. Haake
现代奥林匹克运动会是由顾拜旦男爵于1896年创立的，旨在改善健康和教育，促进世界和平，鼓励公平和平等的竞争。然而，现代奥林匹克运动会的格言-- citius，altius，fortius（更高，更强）--表明，重要的不仅仅是参与。现在，获胜与2500年前古希腊最初的运动会一样重要。当时和现在一样，获胜的运动员被当作英雄对待，在剧院和公共集会上获得终身席位，并获得现金奖金、礼物和奖品。因此，难怪古代和现代的运动员都使用各种手段来提高他们的跑步速度、投掷距离和跳跃高度。
The Modern Olympic games were founded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1896, with the intention of improving health and education, promoting world peace, and encouraging fair and equal competition. However, the motto of the modern Olympic games – citius, altius, fortius (swifter, higher, stronger) – shows that it is not only the taking part that counts. Winning is just as important now as it was 2500 years ago at the original games in ancient Greece. Then, as now winning athletes were treated like heroes, given seats for life at theatres and public gatherings, and awarded cash bonuses, gifts and prizes. It is no wonder, then, that athletes – both ancient and modern – have used any means at their disposal to improve the speeds at which they can run, the distances they can throw and the heights they can jump.