The Olympic Achilles Heel
Dec 02, 2021
3 minutes
By Liang Xiao
Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon
he world agrees that the Olympics mark a time when all political feuds are to be cast aside. For a long period, there was the ancient Greek legend of the Sacred Truce: When the Olympics were held, all city-states would cease warfare and compete on the athletic field united by the gracious spirit of sportsmanship. Yet more and more historians are telling us that the
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