And with that, the strangest Olympic Games on record closed their books for good. Even Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, said he'd worried that these could "become the Olympic Games without a soul." While Tokyo is handing off the Summer Games baton to Paris for 2024, the delay has effectively crammed two Olympics together. In recent weeks, lots of people — officials, athletes, journalists — have been chewing over how these Tokyo Games will be remembered. What are the Olympic Games supposed to be?

Source: Fox News August 08, 2021 13:30 UTC