The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad officially open tomorrow. Men's basketball starts on Saturday and the wrestling competitions start August 5. These used to be highly anticipated events and perhaps still are.
But, as a source of national pride, the Olympics are not what they used to be, even though the Games still attract most of the world's top athletes.
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