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Old 05-18-2004, 02:34 PM   #24 (permalink)
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If I remember right, the modern olympics was instituted by a frenchman who wanted to bring man and countries together to share in the spirit of athletics. That is one of the reasons why there were no paid athletes for so many years, because it was supposed to be pure competition with everyone coming together. It was not supposed to be political.
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