The study gives an analysis of the foreign elite sport research system, with a special analysis of the foreign theoretical and practical studies of the summer Olympic sport disciplines for the period of 2015-2017. The study gives a special attention to the study topics, their importance for the sport disciplines/ groups; their relevance for the sport insiders; contributions of the relevant agencies/ institutions/ centers including the health, education, research institutions, sport federations, clubs etc.; and the national compositions of the modern leading research teams. The study data and analyses give the grounds to highlight both the priority research fields of the highest interest for the foreign analysts and the still underexplored fields. The study demonstrates that the research projects are normally focused on the issues highly relevant for the specific sport discipline; and points to the growing contribution of the multilateral research teams to the process, with the leading role played by the academic science of the nations holding the lead in the relevant sports.
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