There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that attempts to manipulate the outcome of the competitions are as old as the Games themselves.
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Dig into the details of the ancient Olympics and you find a lot of misinformation, but also a surprising amount in common with the modern games.
The Olympic Games are a theatre — sometimes farce, sometimes tragedy, reality TV, morality play or soap opera — where geopolitical, social and technological dramas are played out.
