To the rich, the Olympic race
YOU may be born with the right genes, train harder than your rivals, and pep up your performance with drugs. But don't expect that to be enough for Olympic success: the victors in Sydney may be divided from the rest by nothing more muscular than the economy in which they live.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “To the rich, the Olympic race”
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