What they are not is some kind of collective ideal as envisioned by the Baron Pierre de Coubertin more than a century ago or, indeed, once upon an ancient time by the Greeks.

• 奥运会现在所没有的是一个多世纪前皮埃尔顾拜旦男爵所期盼的，或者更确切的说是古时候希腊人所期盼的某种集体精神。