Prologue: Concerns, Confidence, Caveats

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Acknowledgement

Profound thanks are expressed to Professor Dong Jinxia of Peking University who provided the initial stimulus for Olympic Aspirations through her inspirational organisation of the Olympics section of the 2008 Beijing Forum to which a number of the contributors to Olympic Aspirations were invited.

Notes

[1] Jim White, Daily Telegraph (London), 14 July 12010, 23.

[2] Contributions are included in Olympic Aspirations that were not presented in Beijing, to add depth and breadth.

[3] Mangan and Dyreson, Olympic Legacies, 17.

[4] Jose Ortega y Gasset, in Tripp, International Thesaurus of Quotations, 56.

[5] Kevin McCloud, ‘Island of Dreams’, Daily Telegraph Weekend Magazine, 17 July 2010, 29 and 30.

[6] Published in the British Medical Journal, 23 May 2010. Consideration of the full inquiry is strongly recommended.

[7] McCartney et al., ‘Systematic Review’, 1.

[8] The members of the review team were Gerry McCartney, specialist registrar in public health (Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow); Sian Thomas, systematic reviewer (Sandside, Isle of Graemsay, Stromness, Orkney); Hilary Thomson, senior investigator scientist, Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow; John Scott, public health librarian, Public Health Resources Unit, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow; Val Hamilton, freelance information scientist (VRH Information Services, Aundorach House, Nethy Bridge, Highlands); Phil Hanlon, professor of public health (Section of Public Health and Health Policy, University of Glasgow); David S Morrison, clinical senior lecturer in cancer epidemiology and director, West of Scotland Cancer Surveillance Unit, University of Glasgow; and Lyndal Bond, professor and associate director, Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow.

[9] McCartney et al., ‘Systematic Review’, 1.

[10] Ibid., 2.

[11] Ibid.

[12] Ibid.

[13] Ibid.

[14] Ibid.

[15] Ibid., 12.

[16] Ibid., 8.

[17] Ibid., 3.

[18] Ibid., 8.

[19] Ibid.

[20] Ibid., 9.

[21] Ibid.

[22] Ibid.

[23] Ibid., 9–16.

[24] Ibid., 10.

[25] Ibid., 9.

[26] Ibid.

[27] Ibid.