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Originally Posted by AndrewJ
Sadly, these days, i think its any sport that can bring in "compliant" sponsors, who are happy to wine and dine the IOC and pump in enough cash to make the dog and pony show roll on.
I think we need to accept the Olympics is now a business machine
that uses athletes as the "entertainment" to help flog advertising.
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And yet fencing is one of the few sports to be in every Olympics since 1896. There is still some tradition!
Judging by most of the comments on this thread - people are looking at a few top athletes in a couple of sports and judging all other athletes and sports by them. Most athletes are happy to just make it and are competing in sports that get little sponsorship or fame. Olympics is their pinnacle before they retire proud and happy that they made it...