Katie Uhlaender, a blue-blooded American who had dyed her hair red for the Sochi Olympics, stared at it. That night, Nikitina won bronze, and smiled. That night, Uhlaender won nothing, and cried. That night in the Russian hills above the Black Sea was the kind of night that makes the Olympics the Olympics. Russian athletes — clean ones, mind you, as if we know how that’ll be determined and who we can trust — will be allowed to compete in PyeongChang.

Source: Washington Post December 05, 2017 23:11 UTC