Icarus 2.0: Redditors’ perceptions of the International Olympic Committee’s organizational legitimacy during the 2022 Beijing Winter Games

News of Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) figure skater Kamila Valieva’s positive test for the banned substance trimetazidine broke during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. At only 15-years-old, Valieva’s status as a minor at the time of the Games subjected her to different standards than her adult co...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Communication
Main Authors:	Megan R. Hill, Katey A. Price
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-02-01
Subjects:	organizational legitimacy theory International Olympic Committee Reddit doping scandal figure skating
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1335253/full