In Syria, the Olympics are in the air. The major state websites are filled with articles about the Games while items on rhythmic gymnasts, table tennis players, boxers and cyclists fill the columns usually reserved for soccer players. Tales of genocide, tanks, artillery and torturing dead bodies belong to another world, far away.
Syrian Olympic delegation gives veneer of normalcy
Athletes perceived as collaborators at home while garnering sympathy abroad amid civil war.
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Ilan Goldman


