ramscrosscountry: Summer Olympics
Saturday, July 12, 2008
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Raise your hand if you think the athletes may not be the primary focus of the XXIX Olympiad in Bejing.
When the International Olympic Committee chose Beijing in 2001 for the XXIX Olympiad, one wonders if the athletes were their main consideration. Or, if it was instead the IOC's stated goal to bring the Olympics to every continent-- with the athletes an afterthought. Consider the news events of the past month: