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It everybody is interested in the Olympics as a battle between nations. It's supposed to be about finding the best individual athlete. Clearly not everyone sees

• makeitdouble 4y ago
  It has been about nations from the start. Nations deciding who will be representing them, and the nation anthem playing on the podium are the most visible side, there's many declarations from the founder to the same effect.
  • Ekaros 4y ago
    If it truly was individual competition. Nations would not matter in qualifying, there would be unlimited slots for nations if their athletes were good enough.
    • makeitdouble 4y ago
      Which is basically each sport's yearly world championship, as far as I know. Honestly, instead of trying to improve or tweak the Olympics, straight getting rid of them would help in basically all fronts: no more debt ridden hosting country, no crazy corruptions schemes flying all around, other events an keep their sheer sport focus, centered on the athletes and not where they register their passport. We'd keep events like the Eurovision for the festive and "your nation is worse than mine" parts. It would all be fine.