The Olympics: It’s complicated

Winter Olympics athletes in Beijing are striving to preserve the idealistic and purposeful values of the Games and protect “chivalry, honor and glory” despite the harsh realities of the modern world.

by Steve Barrett

Kamila Valieva's Beijing experience summed up the complicated nature of the Olympic ideal (Pic: Getty Images.)

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