2012 Olympics Do Not Spur Exercise Participation

The ambitious legacy of 2012 Olympics  organizers who promised to get two million more people in England involved in sports and physical activity is proving elusive according to a NY article based on data from Sport England.

The full article can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/sports/olympics/16olympics.html?_r=2&p... ">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/sports/olympics/16olympics.html

This topic, with examples from previous Olympics, is further discussed in an upcoming book chapter signed by Dr. Sakis Pappous from the CSS . This book chapter is titled: “Do the Olympic Games lead to a sustainable increase in grass roots sport participation? A secondary analysis of Athens 2004” and is going to be published on the book : Sustainability and Sport. In J. Savery & K. Gilbert (Eds.) Chicago: Common Ground Publishing.