“I’ve been wondering for a while whether the event really puts the athletes first,” he said.
He is far from alone, and new IOC president Kirsty Coventry’s insistence that she is not in favor of prize money at the Olympics, not leaving the controversy, highlights the disconnect between the vision of the modern Games, the chasm that exists in reality, the pursuit of glory and glory that needs only to be “mentioned”. to evolve being now in our 21st century.
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