51. It is the kind of top-notch athletic representation that IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch said is absolutely appropriate for the Olympic movement. 52. It recalls the lofty ideals of an Olympic movement tarnished lately by scandals involving corruption and the use of performance-enhancing drugs. 53. It says here the Olympic movement is worth saving as long as Samaranch steps down. 54. It was extremely bad timing for the Olympic movement to have the next two sets of Games already assigned to cheeky former colonies. 55. It would generate yet another after-shock to the scandal that has shaken the Olympic movement. 56. It makes Krimsky sad that sporting-goods manufacturers still sponsor individual athletes and even teams or federations but not the Olympic movement in general. 57. It was a difficult choice, but I left because it was necessary in the greater interest of sports and the Olympic movement. 58. John Ruger, an athlete representative on the board of trustees believes that the Olympic movement will benefit from the scrutiny. 59. Last year, Samaranch presented Zimman with the Olympic Order for meritorious service to the Olympic movement. 60. Let FIBA, the international basketball federation, fight its political battles within the Olympic movement in another way. |
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