WTF Is Going On?

What are the Olympics for? Maybe not what you think

It seems this round is less about old-school excellence and the greatness of the human spirit and more about showing it's okay to falter

08 August 2021 - 00:00 By and aspasia karras

What are the Olympics for? I know what you're going to say - after all, I am of Greek extraction and have been drinking the magic juice of Olympic spirit at my mother's Hellenic bosom since birth...

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