Assessment of competitiveness of the sports included in the program of the olympic winter games

The article is focused on the issues of competitiveness of sports included in the program of the Olympic winter games. The author analyzed the materials of development of sports included in the program of the Olympic winter games and world championships over the past 20 years. The survey arrived at the development ratings of these sports. At the same time the leading and lagging behind activities of each sport were determined. The leader of the first block of indicators turned to be skating – 74.37 points, as it operates for 125 years with 123 world championships and 44 world championships (world cups) among juniors held during this period. The international sport federation includes 60 national federations. The second set of indicators was headed by cross-country skiing, which scored 114,68 points: at previous five Olympic games 965 athletes from 245 countries participated in this sport competitions, and 58 sets of medals were awarded. The third block was headed by ski racing with 89,71 points; at previous 5 world cups 1105 athletes from 245 countries participated, and 58 sets of medals were awarded. The leader of the fourth block of indicators became figure skating - 80.71 points: with 35 thousand subscribers and 33.4 million views in YouTube, 25 thousand followers in Twitter and 5 thousand "tweets", 110 «likes» in Facebook. And the winner of the analysis is mounting ski with 314,43 scored points, biathlon – second place – 312,35 points. The last place was taken by springboard jumping - 163.92 points.

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