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Why a Focus on Sporting Tests Would Reveal an Alternate Story and Raise Ethical Questions about Agon: A Commentary Cover

Why a Focus on Sporting Tests Would Reveal an Alternate Story and Raise Ethical Questions about Agon: A Commentary

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|Jun 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2019-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1899-4849 | Journal ISSN: 2081-2221
Language: English
Page range: 53 - 58
Submitted on: Nov 10, 2018
Accepted on: Feb 11, 2019
Published on: Jun 3, 2019
Published by: Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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