The olympics have been a way for a country to show its dominance over one another by competing in athletic events. Countries have used it as a way to unite a country or for propaganda purposes like what Hitler did when they olympics were in Germany. Whoever ends up with the most medals can say that they were the better country for the next two years. The implications of winning the olympics goes beyond being able to say that they have the better athletes. It unites the country together because the whole country is rooting for the same people to beat everyone else in the world. Olympics mean a whole lot when there is a war going on between two countries too. For example in when we beat the the soviet union in hockey, that win had a lot more to it than can be said. We had beaten the Soviet Union at there own game. Another example is when Hitler was trying to use the olympics as propoganda for Germany but the United States athlete Jesse Owens, an African American, stuck it to him and beat his prized German athletes.
Another aspect to the olympic games is that they can be used as a way to protest. Many countries will sit out olympics in certain countries because they disagree with what that country represents. It has been an effective way of reaching out to countries because it is a huge thing to do to a country. Olympics have been around forever and are watched by many people everytime they have occured. It gets me excited everytime their on because I really do believe it is a way to show our dominace in the world.
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