-The aim of this study was to outline the physical fitness profile related to sport performance of Brazilian children and adolescents, stratified by sex. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study and information was obtained from the Projeto Esporte Brasil (PROESP-Br). The sample consisted of 8,750 voluntary subjects aged 7-17 years evaluated in the period between 2013 and 2015. The following variables were evaluated: lower limb strength (LLS) through the horizontal jump test and upper limb strength (ULS) through mediceball pitch, speed through the 20-meter sprint test and agility through the square test. Variables were classified with PROESP-Br criteria. For data processing, means, standard deviations, absolute and relative frequencies and confidence intervals were used. The results for boys have shown that the "poor" category had the highest prevalence: LLS (40.2%), ULS (29.7%), speed (41.4%) and agility (37.5%). The "excellent" category, as expected, had the lowest prevalence: LLS (3.7%), ULS (4.9%), speed (2.0%) and speed (3.5%). The results for girls were similar to those of boys, where the "poor" category had the highest prevalence: LLS (43.7%), ULS (36.8%), speed (43.8%) and agility (41.0 %). The "excellent" category also had the lowest prevalence: LLS (4.2%), ULS (4.3%), speed (1.6%) and speed (3.1%). The results indicated that the majority of Brazilian children and adolescents have physical fitness related to sport performance. Among variables analyzed, LLS for girls and speed for boys were the components with the most unfavorable results.Key words: Athletic performance; Muscle strength; Physical fitness. FMI (40,2%), FMS (29,7%), velocidade (41,4%) e agilidade (37,5%). A categoria "excelente", como era esperado, teve as menores prevalências FMI (3,7%), FMS (4,9%), velocidade (2,0%) e agilidade (3,5%). Os resultados das meninas foram semelhantes aos dos meninos, onde a categoria "fraco" teve a maior prevalência: FMI (43,7%), FMS (36,8%), velocidade (43,8%) Resumo -O objetivo deste estudo é delinear o perfil da aptidão física relacionada ao desempenho esportivo de crianças e adolescentes brasileiros, estratificado por sexo. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo com corte transversal. As informações são provenientes do Projeto Esporte Brasil (PROESP-Br). A amostra é voluntária, constituída por 8.750 sujeitos avaliados no período entre 2013 e 2015 com idades entre 7 e 17 anos. Foram avaliadas: força de membros inferiores (FMI) através do teste de salto horizontal e superiores (FMS) através do arremesso de mediceball, velocidade através do teste corrida de 20 metros e agilidade através do teste quadrado. As variáveis foram classificadas com os critérios do PROESP-Br. Para o tratamento dos dados foram utilizadas médias, desvios padrão, frequências absolutas e relativas e intervalos de confiança. Os resultados dos meninos mostram que a categoria "fraco" teve a maior prevalência:

Abstract

The Brazilian paralympic sport is living a moment of sporting highlight because of their recent achievements: eigth place in the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games 2016 and leader for three consecutive editions of the Para-PanAmerican Games (2007, 2011, 2015). These results makes Brazil as been viewed how a world paralympic power. The media can contribute to the country remain in this status, not only the visibility of great athletes, but also so that more people know the Paralympic sport and are encouraged to join the sport. Thus, this essay aims to reflect on the influence of the media in the creation and construction of Brazilian Paralympic idols from the years 2000 to the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games in 2016. It has a qualitative approach with exploratory and descriptive procedures. Through theoretical reflection with literature, the text seeks to provide some relevant discussions and reflections on the subject. Since 2000s the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) has invested in the coverage of the Paralympic sports, and this initiative has generated positive results for the country, since many idols have been created and contribute to the emergence of new Paralympic generations.

A pandemia do COVID-19 teve início no final de 2019 e rapidamente se espalhou pelo mundo. De repente, medidas de distanciamento e isolamento social, higienização sanitária e de forte impacto econômico eram a realidade do país e do mundo. As atividades físicas e esportivas foram impactadas e gradativamente acompanhando as restrições impostas em cada unidade da federação. As pessoas com algum tipo de deficiência, por fazer parte do grupo de risco de contágio do COVID-19, foram rigorosamente impactadas nas restrições de atividades físicas e esportivas. Dessa forma, esse ensaio teórico procura trazer breves reflexões sobre os principais impactos da COVID-19 nas atividades físicas e esportivas para pessoas com deficiência no Brasil, e também, descrever as alternativas e possibilidades de manutenção dessas atividades no país.

O esporte paralímpico brasileiro cresce aceleradamente em razão de seus resultados e mais pessoas com deficiência buscam ingressar no esporte. O objetivo do estudo é descrever a importância do suporte financeiro para a carreira esportiva dos atletas paralímpicos brasileiros. Caracteriza-se como descritivo e abordagem qualitativa. A coleta de informações foi realizada através de entrevista semiestruturada. Participaram 20 atletas paralímpicos das modalidades Atletismo e Natação, contemplados pela Bolsa-Pódio do Programa Bolsa-Atleta do Ministério do Esporte-Brasil. Os resultados demonstram que o Suporte Financeiro é apontado como fundamental por todos os atletas investigados (n=20; 100%). Muitas são as ações de suporte financeiro que têm favorecido os atletas brasileiros, partindo principalmente do Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro e Ministério do Esporte, essas ações proporcionam melhores condições para o desenvolvimento dos atletas e também podem garantir o surgimento de novas gerações de atletas paralímpicos no país. Palavras-chave: Esporte paraolímpico. Atleta paraolímpico. Suporte financeiro.

The purpose of this study is to describe the importance of structural and human resources support for Brazilian Paralympic athletes. It is characterized as descriptive and qualitative approach. Data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews. Twenty Paralympians, from both Athletics and Swimming modalities, participated of this research, all of them contemplated by grant Bolsa Atleta Pódio from Bolsa Atleta program of Ministry of Sports in Brazil. The results show that Structural Support (n = 20; 100%) and Human Resources Support (n = 19; 95%) are considered fundamental by the interviewed athletes. Actions focused on improving training conditions and the support of human resources are fundamental for the development of Paralympic sport and can guarantee the emergence of new generations of Paralympic athletes in Brazil.

The Paralympic Games are the largest high-performance sport competition for athletes with disabilities (motor, visual and intellectual). Brazil is evolving in the medal table with each edition of the Games, and the country's growth and sporting improvement since the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. After Rio 2016 Paralympic Games grow up the necessity of renewal of Brazilian Paralympic talent. This study aims to bring reflections on the actions developed in Brazil that can contribute and improve the formation of new generations of Brazilian Paralympic athletes. This study are bibliographic search was conducted in national and international databases such as: SCIELO, Science Direct, Google Scholar, as well as in the Thesis Bank of the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and also in institutional documents and institutional websites. Paralympic School Games is the most recognized initiative of paralympic sports initiation and have already been the showcase of some of the most talented brazilian athletes and can be considered the main way to reveal new athletes with disabilities in Brazil. Also, University Paralympic Games, School Camping and Paralympic Training Center increase this process in Brazil. Thus, the Paralympic Games of 2024 and 2028, bring good perspectives for the brazilian paralympic sport, besides the possibility of proving the capacity of renewal of paralympic talents, can consolidate the continuity of the country as power in the world paralympic scenario.

This study aimed to analyse the changes occurred in the urban space in the city of Rio de Janeiro face the Rio 2016 Games. In order to achieve this goal, official documents (bid, the organizing committee, and the legacy plan), official websites and newspapers websites with national and international coverage were analysed. This revealed the Olympic Games worked as catalyser to urban regeneration, mainly in "Porto Maravilha" and the surrounding area to Deodoro X-Park and, the great expansion to transport system, improving the urban mobility, linking all the Rio de Janeiro regions. Consequently, the social legacy appeared mainly in the Deodoro X-Park area, where there was no leisure in public area. Moreover, through improvements made in mobility brought another social aspect linked to the Games. Thus, it is true that the Olympics works as a catalyser to urban space, but not always it is happening in a meaningful, depending exclusively on own governments and a realistic planning for the city.