Since the day they were founded, the Olympics have had a confusing relationship with money. This week’s news that track’s international federation will pay $50,000 to gold-medal winners at the Paris Games was the latest step in a century’s worth of unraveling the myth of amateurism at the Olympics. In one speech, according to the authoritative book on the topic, …
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