Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

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Modern pentathlon is invoking a fictional Pierre de Coubertin to justify its controversial politics

The Conversation

The best books on The Dark Side of the Olympics

Five Books

Sports mega-event legacies: from the beneficial to the destructive

Transparency International

Between a rock and a hard place: 2022 Winter Olympics decision

The Conversation

When the Olympic industry is calling the shots

Now Toronto

Sociologist as Public Intellectual: Some Reflections

Palgrave Macmillan

Who’re we
Putin on?

Now Toronto

Russia and the IOC are the perfect match

The Conversation

Gay Games or
Gay Olympics?

Canadian Woman Studies

Sport and the Threat to Gender Boundaries

Sporting Traditions

What’s Sport
Got To Do With It?

Canadian Woman Studies