Olympics organizers used to treat Russia as too big and too rich to fail. What would the Games look like without a villain?
, a run that saw the Games travel into autocracies, slog through a pandemic and navigate nuclear posturing, all while global interest dipped to new lows.
So as Beijing handed off to Paris, which will welcome the 2024 Summer Olympics, organizers breathed a sigh of relief. They could look forward to a decade of alluring host cities in liberal democracies—the French capital, Milan and Los Angeles—combined with the ebbing pandemic and hope for a meaningful rebound in ratings.
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