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"Now watching the mixed relay triathlon. Later is cycling in the velodrome. Where cyclists race round and round in an enclosed cavern on a lacquered "
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Loyola
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For example, Ireland is about to win its 4th gold tomorrow evening. That is incredible to me. Growing up, just one gold felt amazing. And many in the
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Loyola
Aug 5 '24, 00:53
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media and wider public are almost luxuriating in how great we are, living vicariously through the athletes achievements. And all without a hint of acknowledgment that these medals are a visceral embodiment of the disparity between the haves and have nots of this world. Ireland, population 5 million, sent 134 athletes to these games. Indonesia, population 240 million, sent 29 athletes.
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