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Olympics
Dominique Olivier
The money that makes the medallist
If you’ve ever watched an Olympic podium ceremony and thought, “Wow, must be nice,” you’re not alone. But the truth is far less glamorous than the gold glinting under those stadium lights. Behind every medal is a paper trail of budgets, grants, sponsorships and support staff invoices. Somewhere in a government office, there's a spreadsheet that makes the Minister of Sport choke on a coffee. Dominique Olivier explores the money that makes the medallist.
Dominique Olivier
Olympic fever and other ailments
With the Paris Olympics just around the corner, there's a rather sh*tty situation brewing in the Seine river. But even that is nowhere near the strangest Olympic story, as Dominique Olivier explains.
