Boycotts, cheating… even the Olympic flame went out. By Chris Hall
rightly referred to the Montreal Olympics as ‘The troubled games’ . ‘Just as the sacred Olympic flame flickered and went out in a sudden Montreal squall,’ it reported, ‘the spirit of the Games itself was more than once almost extinguished by chill commercial and political winds.’ Not nearly as troubled as Tokyo 2020, which should have started last Friday and is now postponed until next year, but it was certainly eventful.
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