6 Reasons Why Rio Olympics Are Tainted
The original purpose of the Olympic Games was to celebrate amateur athletics and build fellowship between athletes of competing nations. In 1896 Pierre de Coubertin held the first of the modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. He saw the games as a way to promote peace and unity within the international community through the medium of sports--a way to bring political enemies together. Somewhere along the way, this ideal was lost.
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