Nikephoros - Journal of Sports and Culture in Antiquity

Prefaces
Gilbert FELLI, IOC Executive Director for the Olympic Games . Tilmann MÄRK, Rector of the university of Innsbruck . Youth Olympic Games: AUSTRIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, Youth Olympic Games, a Chance for the Future of Sports . Nikephoros: Werner PETERMANDL/Christoph ULF, The contribution of the journal 'Nikephoros' to the Cultural and Education Programme of the Youth Olympic Games . Ingomar WEILER, Victory and 'Bringer of Victory' Nike and Nikephoros

Sport in Antiquity
An International Matter: Wolfgang DECKER, Sports in Ancient Egypt . Sylvia HUTTER-BRAUNSAR, Sports in Hittite Anatolia . Wolfgang DECKER, Sport in Minoan Crete and in the Mycenaean World . Organisation: Ingomar WEILER, The Olympic Games - Apart from Sport. A Cultural and Social Event Beyond the Competitive Olympia . Fernando GARCIA ROMERO, Sports Festivals Like the Olympic Games: Iso-Olympics . Kaja HARTER-UIBOPUU, Organization and Sponsorship . Age, Sex and Status: Werner PETERMANDL, Age-Categories in Greek Athletic Contests . Monika FRASS, Female Sports in Classical Greece . Harry W. PLEKET, The Social Status of Greek Athletes . The Successful Athlete: Gordon HOWIE, The Role of the Father and the Family in an Athlete's Participation and in the Celebration of His Victory . Zinon PAPAKONSTANTINOU, Youth Sport Participation and Victory in Archaic Greece . Harry W. PLEKET, The Reward of the Ancient Athlete . Sport - Health - Risks: Peter MAURITSCH, ". Through Blood to Victory" - A Few Remarks on Ancient Combat Sport
Ingomar WEILER, Handicapped People: Sports and Entertainment in Antiquity and Today . Martin KORENJAK, What Does it Mean: Mens sana in corpore sano? A Latin Adage and its Curious Career

Olympic Games on Their Way Becoming Modern
Wolfgang DECKER, The First Project for Modern Olympics: The Memorandum of I. Kolettis/P. Soutsos of the Year 1835 to Otto I, King of Greece . Joachim RÜHL, Youth and Sports at the Much Wenlock Olympian Games in Shropshire/England from 1850 to 1895 . Norbert MÜLLER, The Olympic Motto "citius, altius, fortius" and its Author Henri Didon . Stephan WASSONG, Intercultural Education for Student Youth: A Fundamental Idea of Pierre de Coubertin . Rudolf MÜLLNER, The Mediatisation of the Modern Olympic Games and How it All Began

Youth, Sport, and Olympic Games Today
Christoph ULF, Athletes - Cultural Actors in Competition . Christian RASCHNER, Youth Athletes: Talent Selection and Age-Appropriate . Performance Optimisation in Austrian Alpine Ski Racing . Martin SCHNITZER, Winter Youth Olympic Games Innsbruck 2012 . Helmut ALTENBERGER/Jürgen HOFMANN, The Youth Olympic Games - A Serious Business or Just for Fun? . Lynne CHISHOLM, Representation and Risk: Youth and Sports in Today's World