Anthony Lane on watching the London Games:
Not until you gorge on the Olympics, sport by sport, do you arrive at an obvious truth: all human shapes are here. Well, all but one; the obese, it must be said, are scandalously underrepresented, despite the encouraging presence of both McDonald’s and Coca-Cola as official sponsors. To pass from women’s weightlifting, say, to the time trial in the men’s cycling, is to marvel afresh at a species that can accommodate such different strains.
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