Product DescriptionA candid look at how the Olympic rings has been sep bt? From a top IOC insider Bribery, illicit drugs tainted, judges, dirty politics. . . the Olympic Games have come a long way from ancient Greece. Far from the vaunted symbol of athletic excellence, the Olympic Games will have? Berflutet scandal (doping and assessment scandals fragw? Rdiger practice range f? Rk? Nftige sites) that it has a tawdry luster only cynics and news junkies w ? rde enjoys en. Now is Dick Pound, a former Olympic champion and 25 year member of the IOC an insider’s account of politics within the IOC and a unsensationalistic see what went behind the headlines. As controversial as the games themselves have to be is inside the Olympia is a fascinating, no-holds-see, as have the Olympic Games and their legacy carried tapered? Failed. Richard W. Pound (Montreal, Canada) f has a member of the International Olympic Committee? Been for 25 years. He was a member of the IOC Executive Board from 1983 to 1991 and from 1992 to 2000. In 1962 he won a gold, bronze and two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games in Australia.

Inside the Olympics: A look behind the scenes of politics, the scandals and the glory of the Games