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...following pages, we will take a look back at the history of the Games, visit their newest host, provide a guide through the maze of events, profile six athletes who embody the Olympic motto of Citius, Altius, Fortius (Swifter, Higher, Stronger), and, in a series of photographs, show the timeless quality of the Olympics. But for now, Let the Games begin...
...examined to see if the follicle has the combination of chromosomes that is conclusive evidence of womanhood), one thing can be predicted with surety. The 8,500 men and the 1,500 women (almost double the number at Mexico) will among them reaffirm the Olympic motto of Citius, Altius, Fortius-setting new records that will be swifter, higher, stronger...
AFTER months of dreary infighting by rule-minded officials, the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, finally and refreshingly gave way to the athletes last week. Sparked by their youthful zest, the games more than lived up to the Olympic motto: "Citius, altius, fortius" (swifter, higher, stronger). Indeed, when the competition ended after ten days and 35 events, the Swiss had skied swifter, the Japanese had jumped higher, the Americans had come back stronger-and the Russians and East Germans had walked off with the lion's share of medals...
With only the first few of the 15 days of competition completed, the XVI Olympics, whether measured by tape or scale or stop watch, were already a success, and the performers had proved their intense devotion to the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius, or, for those lacking athletic scholarships, faster, higher, farther...
...saucer-sized disc inscribed with the Latin words: "Altius, Citius, Fortius," meaning, roughly: "Anything you can do, I can do better...