What's great about the Olympics

It's not the athletes who are responsible for the fact that the Olympics have become an adjunct to the global marketing industry.

With that out of the way, you have to admit that there are a lot of "Olympic moments" that want to bring a tear to your eye.

When Kirani James and Oscar Pistorius exchanged number plates after that 400 meter semi I had to reach for the Kleenex myself.