The Summer Olympics were a triumph for the beleaguered President Emmanuel Macron, for the city of Paris and above all for the athletes. The Games reminded the world why we look to France for elegance and why France receives more tourists than any country in the world.
They also reminded everyone why the Games matter. Launched in 1892 by the French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), the modern Olympic movement reflects and embodies the strengths and weaknesses of the current world order in a way that no other global event comes close to doing.
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