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Why should I care about the Olympics?

1st August 2012

My answer to Why should I care about the Olympics? on Quora

The sponsors, money and so on make it easy to forget the key thing: many of the athletes competing are still teenagers who have spent most of their lives preparing for this one event. That’s pretty amazing.

Posted 1st August 2012 at 10:02 am · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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