Academic literature on the topic 'Road To World Cup '98'

Purpose: To describe the demand of recent World Cup (WC) races comparing top-10 (T10) and non-top-10 (N-T10) performances using power data. Methods: Race data were collected in 1-d World Cup races during the 2012–2015 road cycling seasons. Seven female cyclists completed 49 WC races, finishing 25 times in T10 and 24 times in N-T10. Peak power (1 s) and maximal mean power (MMP) for durations of 5, 10, 20, and 30 s and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30, and 60 min expressed as power to weight ratio were analyzed in T10 and N-T10. The percentage of total race time spent at different power bands was compared between T10 and N-T10 using 0.75-W·kg−1 power bands, ranging from <0.75 to >7.50 W·kg−1. The number of efforts in which the power output remained above 7.50 W·kg−1 for at least 10 s was recorded. Results: MMPs were significantly higher in T10 than in N-T10, with a large effect size for durations between 10 s and 5 min. N-T10 spent more time in the 3.01- to 3.75-W·kg−1 power band when compared to T10 (P = .011); conversely, T10 spent more time in the 6.75- to 7.50- and >7.50-W·kg−1 power bands (P = .009 and .005, respectively) than N-T10. A significantly higher number of short and high-intensity efforts (≥10 s, >7.5 W·kg−1) was ridden by T10 than N-T10 (P = .002), specifically, 46 ± 20 and 30 ± 15 efforts for T10 and N-T10, respectively. Conclusions: The ability to ride at high intensity was determinant for successful road-cycling performances in WC races.

It is obvious that contemporary design and construction of unique buildings and structures is unthinkable without mathematical (numerical) and computer modelling and advanced analysis ofload-bearing structures under various kinds ofloads and impacts. One of the most ambitious and important construction projects is the uniquelarge-span structures. These are, in particular, stadiums, sports palaces and water parks, shopping malls, pedestrian, road and railway bridges of various design solutions. The distinctive paper is devoted to theoretical foundations and results of mathematical (numerical) modeling of the state (in terms of the analysis of stress-strain state, strength and stability) of football stadiums built for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Finite element method is used for approximation and high-precision numerical solution of corresponding boundary problems of structural mechanics. It is the most universal and powerful numerical method of mechanics. The paper, in particular, describes some features of development of finite element models and the main results of the analysis of the mechanical (structural) safety of three- dimensionallarge-span systems "soil foundation - reinforced concrete structures of foundations and stands - steel structures of the coating and facades" of these football stadiums with the basic and specialload combinations. In addition, the key procedures of scientific support during the corresponding expertise and assessments are outlined. Generally, socially significant and knowledge-intensive problem of providing mechanical (constructive) safety of unique combined objects of construction (three-dimensional systems "foundation - reinforced concrete structures of foundations and stands - steel structures of coating and facades") has been solved at a new level as a result of the performed complex of research works.

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Esta dissertação é resultado de uma investigação que teve como lócus o aglomerado urbano Cuiabá/Várzea Grande, durante os anos de 2013 e 2014, período compreendido como preparatório para a Copa do Mundo da FIFA Brasil 2014 e de realização dos jogos na Arena Pantanal, haja vista que Cuiabá foi eleita uma das 12 cidades-sede no dia 31 de maio de 2009. O maior evento esportivo do mundo parece ser então a motivação que desencadeia uma série de obras de mobilidade urbana, tais como trincheiras, pontes, viadutos, implantação do Veículo Leve sobre Trilhos (VLT) e a construção do novo estádio, o que intensificou os já existentes problemas do trânsito urbano. Desvios surgiram em função das interdições de ruas e avenidas, e a situação se agravou, pois tais desvios modificavam e migravam repentinamente atendendo aos interesses e andamento das obras. É neste espaço físico em permanente transformação, um "não-lugar", um local de passagem, uma instalação necessária à circulação acelerada das pessoas, que analisamos a sinalização viária enquanto um sistema de signos de orientação que se estrutura como linguagem, a fim de ser interpretado a partir da convicção de que a ela (sinalização) cabe organizar o trânsito para que haja um fluxo eficiente e seguro. A sinalização, ao mediar a relação do usuário com o espaço viário, estabelece o fenômeno da comunicação, constituindo-se assim como uma prática de produção de sentidos. Diante de tal fenômeno identificamos, através da observação, da aplicação de entrevistas semiestruturadas com pedestres e condutores e por meio de registros fotográficos e filmográficos, os signos presentes no espaço viário que atravessam a representação convencionada da sinalização viária, provocando outros sentidos. Através das falas registramos as representações atribuídas a tal situação. A Copa do Mundo é fator singular nesta pesquisa, momento em que o imaginário do futebol permeia de forma direta a subjetividade dos depoimentos, e também se apresenta, através de ícones gráficos do universo do futebol, nas próprias placas de trânsito. Analisamos então, a manifestação deste imaginário como um dos signos que atravessa o contexto de transformação do espaço viário. E esta relação só é possível de ser abordada através de uma perspectiva interdisciplinar, onde diferentes saberes como os estudos do signo peirceano, as perspectivas do design gráfico sobre a sinalização e o entendimento do sistema de sinalização do Código de Trânsito Brasileiro, favorecem a compreensão e análise.
This dissertation is the result of an investigation focused on the urban agglomeration of Cuiaba and Varzea Grande cities, during the years of 2013 and 2014. Period used for the preparation of the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 and hosting the soccer games at Arena Pantanal since Cuiaba was voted as one of the 12 host cities on may 31, 2009. The world's largest sporting event seems to be the motivation that triggers a series of urban mobility projects, such as trenches, bridges, viaducts, implementation of the Light Rail Transit (LRT). Moreover, the construction of the new soccer stadium, intensifying existing urban traffic problems. Traffic deviations emerged due to streets and avenues interdictions. The situation has worsened because such deviations suddenly modified and migrated according to particular interests and the construction progress. It is in this physical space of constant transformation, a "non-place", a place of passing, a necessary installation for the accelerated movement of people. The language system of guidance signs were analyzed to be interpreted according to the conviction that these (signals) alone organize the traffic, in order to achieve a safe and efficient flow. The traffic signaling, when mediates the user's relationship with the roadway space, establishes the communication phenomenon, becoming then, a practice of meaning production. Facing this phenomenon, it was identified, through observation and the application of semi-structured interviews with pedestrians and drivers through photography and video recording, the signs present in the roadway space that crosses the conventional representation of traffic signaling, creating other meanings. Through the recorded speeches, we have registered the representations assigned to that situation. The World Cup is a unique factor in this study because it is the moment in which the imagery permeates directly the subjectivity of testimonials. Moreover, also presents itself, through graphic icons of the soccer universe, on the street and road signs. We have analyzed the manifestation of such imaginary as one of the signs that cross the transformation of the road space context. Moreover, this relationship can only be addressed through an interdisciplinary perspective. In which different knowledges as Peirce's sign studies, graphic design perspectives about signaling and the understanding of the Brazilian traffic code signaling system promote the understanding and analysis.

This chapter traces the increasingly rapid changes to stadia and sporting practices in France during the last half of the twentieth century, while simultaneously connecting those transformations to parallel developments beyond French frontiers. The new Parc des Princes, rebuilt between 1967 and 1972, reflected the ongoing processes of modernisation and urbanisation in France during the first thirty years after the Second World War. But the changes to sport and its spaces evident in the new Parc also constituted another aspect of postwar modernisation across Europe itself, constituted by efforts to reinvent mass spectatorship and to accommodate television broadcasting. The Stade de France’s completion in advance of the 1998 World Cup also showcased the way that the stadium in France was now optimistically envisioned as an anchor for highly-symbolic international sporting competitions that projected positive messages about French national prestige and sporting identity. At the same time, the changes to sport and sporting spaces in France were part of a process of sporting globalisation that reflected the increasingly common values placed on stadia as urban spaces in France and other countries in Europe, North America, Oceania and Asia.