There are many complaints you could make about the Olympics. The cost. The nationalism. The sometimes sexist media coverage. In the end, though, those objections tend to dissolve when met with one simple thing: the humanity the Olympics encourage.The Games, despite the world stage they are played on, are an intensely personal event for the athletes who participate in them, with years of training and coaching and teamwork coming down to minutes and seconds and leaps and throws and landings. And there’s no better reminder of that than the simplest, and most universal, event at the Olympics: the hug. Whether …read more
Source: The Atlantic
