Identification of Iran Athletics Challenges in Olympic Medalist Sports

The purpose of this research is to identify challenges in the fields of athletics and sports experts and sport elites opinions and priorities about Olympic Medalist Sports. This study used a combination of research methods (qualitativedescriptive) and semi-structured interviews as the methods of measurement. 19 experts in the sports management (athletes, coaches and administrators) were interviewed on survey phase of the country and sports,. The relative number of the 700 people who were randomly selected 260 subjects. Semi-structured interviews were used to define the research instrument, a questionnaire of 87 questions to prioritize and compare the views of an elite athlete respectively. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts. Also reliability using Cronbach's alpha (α = 0/86) was confirmed in the interviews and analyzing the data to identify the components and challenges in the navigation through the views and opinions of coding and saturation using spss software. The descriptive statistics of tables, relative frequency, mean and standard deviation and inferential statistical methods for prioritization and the Friedman ANOVA and Scheffe post hoc test were used for comparison of elite opinion. The results of the first study showed the challenge for the championship in the sport in Olympic medalist sports as: facilities, talent, management, training and mentoring, education, mass media, sports, business, academia and research, motivation, support legal, cultural and political. Challenges can be investigated and 87 were identified in these areas. The results of the study showed the role of talent-finding and nurturing talent, media, economy and the challenges of sports equipment Olympic medalist sports champion from the sports elite point of view. According to the elite sports talent in the state, component of challenges in Olympic medalist sports athletics are the media, education, legal protection, although no significant difference was observed.