“…The Olympics have not always been the commercialized juggernaut we know today, but as Jules Boykoff makes clear in this sto-ry-filled and devastating history, the Games have since their inception had a thoroughly checkered political history. Pierre de Coubertin, the aristocrat who gave birth to the modern olympics, was against allowing women to participate, and allowed African countries to participate only to offset their "individual laziness." …”

“…Desde su resurrección a finales del siglo XIX, de la mano del barón francés Pierre de Coubertin, las Olimpiadas ofrecen cada cuatro años una catarata de emociones y hazañas que a veces se convierten en mito. …”