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The Olympics have run their race – Sydney Morning Herald
Some want to cancel the Tokyo Olympics. But why not go one step further and, after 125 years, consign the whole modern Olympic movement to history?
When Baron de Coubertin founded the modern Games in 1896, only 14 Euro-centric countries competed. Oh, and women could not take part. The Games from the start were an exhibition of national power, reaching a fervent climax at Berlin in 1936.
And then money entered the equation.
Australia won 29 medals at the Rio Olympics. Credit:JOE ARMAO
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