Olympic values lost in London

Shortly before the Olympic Games kick off in London on July 27, the left-liberal daily The Guardian criticises the exaggerated security measures and the complete commercialisation of this sport event. It's time Olympia returned to its roots, the newspaper admonishes: "It's too late for London to have such a Games for all – though not for Rio de Janeiro in 2016, currently heading down the same road. ... But the Olympics, as with sport in general, holds up a mirror to society. What is being played out in London reflects a legacy of the war on terror and deregulation of unbridled corporate power - both elite blunders that have ended in failure. If those disasters can be overcome, why should it be impossible to end the corporate grip on the Olympics - and create a Games that lives up to its billing?"

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