By Monday, it appeared that a decision on whether to postpone the Games had finally become a matter of when and how rather than if. decides to detail plans for a delay, its slow public responses to the coronavirus have been only the latest example of an organization seemingly out of step with much of the world. That the Games are a symbol of peace that is larger than any sports competition. That the power of the Olympic flame and the Olympic rings can unify and repair the world, even in the face of brutal dictatorships and virulent disease. took the 1936 Olympics to Berlin as Hitler’s fascist, anti-Semitic regime was in full bloom.

Source: International New York Times March 24, 2020 06:00 UTC