Olha Borysova1, Oleksandr Krasilshchikov2
1National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport, Department of Professional, Non-Olympic Sports and Adaptive Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine
2Universiti Sains Malaysia, School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia
Sustainability and Legacy in Sport: Ukraine Educational and Sport Scenario
Sport Mont 2021, 19(S2), 5-7 | DOI: 10.26773/smj.210916
Abstract
Achieving and maintaining sustainability as well as creating legacy to be best utilized in future is a challenging and at the same time generous objective for any country and any institution. The legacy concept development by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was further advanced through the Olympic Games Impact (OGI) project and is now efficiently governed and its execution observed by the IOC Sustainability and Legacy Commission. Most nations and institutions related to sports and physical education supported this movement to assist spreading the legacy of the Olympic Games to advance the promotion of sports for all, so that vast majority of population gets an opportunity to become more physically active, and/or to get involved in sports activities. The objectives of this editorial were on one hand to project the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport (NUUPES) activities aimed at improving sustainability and legacy in sport; and on the other hand, to highlight the outcomes and proceedings of the 4th International online conference “Sustainability and Legacy in Sport: Challenges and Perspectives” which was held on 26-27th November 2020 in Kyiv, Ukraine. This conference was as well the part of NUUPES activities aimed at further improving sustainability and legacy in Sport. Special thanks to Sport Mont for providing a platform for publishing the conference scientific papers in this Special Issue of the journal.
Keywords
sustainability, legacy, sport
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