The weegers and pungshwi weren't a bigger story at these games. Why do you think that the chinese government did? Was it just sort of the magic of sports taken over? You know, that was part of it, shan,. but i think athletes got a very strong message from the chinese organizers. The ones to be put on the spot about this are the international olympic committee.
This year’s weird Winter Olympics were overshadowed by politics, Covid-19, and the threat of war. But as NPR’s Tom Goldman explains, the biggest scandals were still about the sports.
This episode was produced by Will Reid with help from Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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