David Clay Large

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For Paris, the Olympics Chaos Is Déjà Vu

EuropaUnión Europea,

This week, Paris joins London in becoming the second city to host the Summer Olympics three times—the two previous occasions for Paris were 1900 and 1924. Playing host to a single Olympic festival, much less three of them, has traditionally been considered a prized accolade, and French and Parisian leaders are seeking to make the most of this opportunity to show off the “City of Light” to an admiring world.

The Seine River, for example, in which it has been illegal to swim since 1923 due to heavy pollution, is being showcased as the venue for 2024’s triathlon and marathon swimming events.…  Seguir leyendo »

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Few Olympics are as famous as the 1936 Berlin Games, whose 75th anniversary falls this month. The publicity that accompanied the competition, held under the watchful eye of Adolf Hitler, supposedly tamed the Nazi regime, if only temporarily — a story that has since justified awarding the Games to places like Soviet Moscow, Beijing and Sochi, Russia, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

But much of that story is myth. Indeed, the Olympics gave the Nazis a lesson in how to hide their vicious racism and anti-Semitism, and should offer today’s International Olympic Committee a cautionary tale when considering the location of future events.…  Seguir leyendo »