Column: 'Games must go on' spiel grows weaker by the day JIM LITKE AP Sports Columnist Jan 21, 2022 Jan 21, 2022 Updated Jul 27, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Olympic Charter runs 112 pages and reads like something Gwyneth Paltrow would have written if she were in charge of the Games instead of Goop.kAm“%96 8@2= @7 ~=J>A:D>[” E96 492CE6C C625D[ “:D E@ A=246 DA@CE 2E E96 D6CG:46 @7 E96 92C>@?:@FD 56G6=@A>6?E @7 9F>2?<:?5[ H:E9 2 G:6H E@ AC@>@E:?8 2 A62467F= D@4:6EJ 4@?46C?65 H:E9 E96 AC6D6CG2E:@? @7 9F>2? 5:8?:EJ]”k^AmkAm~z[ 7@C86E 23@FE 2== E92E 9:89\>:?565 DEF77] %96 x?E6C?2E:@?2= ~=J>A:4 r@>>:EE66 2?5 E96:C r9:?6D6 92?5=6CD 232?5@?65 2?J DF49 2AA62=D ?@E =@?8 27E6C E96 3:5 H2D 2H2C565 :? a_`d] u@C86E 23@FE 2== E96 9F>2?\C:89ED 23FD6D :? E96 9@DE ?2E:@? D:?46 E96?[ E@@] (:E9 EH@ H66<D =67E F?E:= @A6?:?8 46C6>@?:6D[ E96 D2=6D A:E49 92D 366? A2C65 5@H? E@ “E96 v2>6D >FDE 8@ @?[” 3642FD6 H6 2== ?665 2 5:G6CD:@? 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