The New Superathlete

The New SuperathleteA little over a century ago, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French nobleman, began the drive for an Olympic revival with a speech at the Sorbonne, coining the Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius--Swifter, Higher, Stronger. The baron had no idea how literally his motto would be taken. He did, however, live long enough to see his athletic ideal corrupted by the twin evils of professionalism and science. "Body building?" he said to an English friend in dismay after wat...