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Do you share our fascination with how the Olympic Torch Relay and other symbolic elements of the Games such as the mascots, medals, pictograms or posters have evolved over time and left their own mark on history?The IOC Olympic Studies Centre has developed reference documents that provide researchers, professionals and interested fans with a complete historic overview of the most important facts and figures, as well as some anecdotes on these and many other topics of interest.Our latest creation retraces the history of the Olympic Village at the Summer Games. Each Village has presented a huge infrastructural challenge, but has served as the heart of cultural exchange during the Games and formed the cornerstone of a cityÕs Olympic legacy. WeÕve brought together all the facts, figures and images that tell the fascinating story of the evolution of the Olympic Village, from the Olympic Games Paris 1924 to the Olympic Games Rio 2016.Find all this and more on our web pages at olympic.org/studies.ALL THE LATEST NEWS, BOOK REVIEWS AND RESEARCH FROM THE IOC OLYMPIC STUDIES CENTRE Ð YOUR SOURCE OF OLYMPIC KNOWLEDGEOLYMPIC STUDIESSTUDIES CENTREOFF THE SHELFFOCUS: RIO 2016 SUSTAINABILITYThe sustainability planning of the Rio 2016 Organising Committee was built on three strategic pillars Ð people, planet and prosperity Ð whose actions unfold along various specific themes, including engagement and awareness-raising, diversity and inclusion, environmental protection, sustainable building, transport and logistics, sustainable supply chain, and management. This publication sets out a detailed picture as well as the accomplishments of each of those pillars.ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF YOUTH SPORTBased on a wide selection of texts written by an international team of experts, this handbook takes a fresh and comprehensive look at the involvement of young people in sport. It covers youth sport across the world in all its forms and at all levels, and explores the major trends in this field. Health and physical activity, lifelong participation, talent identification and development, entourage, race and ethnicity, gender, religion, and sport-for-change programmes are just some of the topics discussed by the authors.OLYMPIC IDEA NOWADAYS: PERCEPTIONS AND INSIGHTSThis e-book is the result of a research project undertaken by the Johannes Gutenberg-UniversitŠt Mainz, the Rio de Janeiro State University and the Olympic Studies Centre at the Autonomous University of Barcelona from 2013 to 2015. It is also the outcome of the project ÒOlympic Values NowadaysÓ, awarded with a research grant by the IOC Olympic Studies Centre. The publication offers a comprehensive and unique analysis of the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games in relation to the Olympic values system in todayÕs society. The work mainly consists of the contribution of 23 academics and experts sharing their insights on two issues: Òhow has the Olympic Movement changed since Sydney 2000?Ó and Òhow have London 2012 and Sochi 2014 supported or changed the Olympic Movement?ÓEdited by Emilio Fern‡ndez Pe–a, Holger Preuss and Lamartine DaCosta. Published by Centre dÕEstudis Ol’mpics i de lÕEsport de la UAB, 2015. ISBN: 9788494417146, 150 pages, in English.Digital version available at: doc.rero.ch/Edited by Ken Green and Andy Smith. Published by Routledge, 2016. ISBN: 9780415840033, 582 pages, in English.Edited and published by the Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, 2015, 36 pages, in English.Digital version available at: doc.rero.ch/80 OLYMPIC REVIEW OLYMPIC STUDIES