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As nice as it was to watch Americans take pride in their Olympic athletes, what made these games even nicer was seeing gymnasts, swimmers, runners, hurdlers, wrestlers, basketball players and other athletes from 140 nations compete peacefully for medals and new world records.
Two runners—one from England, one from Ireland—took their places side-by-side on the victory stand. Two more athletes—an American and a Japanese medalist—stood at attention while the Japanese anthem played. Who could have predicted that forty years ago, when both nations fought savage Pacific battles in World War II?
On a nationwide radio call-in program, a caller said seeing all the athletes competing at the Olympics made him feel there was still hope for humans to solve most—if not all—problems without resorting to war. That Olympic spirit, and the hope it represents, is something all people in all nations should work toward.
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