In my younger days I was really into the Olympics. I was obsessed with training and made it to the national level in my chosen sport. I spent some time at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. It was that experience that caused me to realize that all was not as it seemed. For me it has only gotten more political, more media driven, and turned into more of a giant circus since that time.
On a positive note... almost anything that gets people outside doing physical activities is good. Pong didn’t come out until I was a teen, we only had the choice of three TV stations, and a computer was something that took up a whole room so we didn’t have those distractions.
Speaking of speed skating... I hate that short track junk. Seems like it is a crap-shoot if one does/does not finish any of those competitions.
Tricked up "sports" like short track racing are the suck.