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Robert Tracinski
Feb 09, 2022
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I am a longtime mega-fan of the Olympics, for reasons I have explained before.

Our fascination with Olympic athletes comes from our ability to grasp a wider, abstract meaning. The extraordinary physiques of athletes are an easily grasped, visual symbol for the idea of extraordinary achievement as such. What we get from them is the idea of striving to mak…

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