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To: David Lawrence who wrote (21024)	9/27/2000 8:31:43 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 22053

Re: Olympic purists - Let the mule-cart racing and synchro-swimming begin: Perhaps purists now are troubled by the proliferation of events -- all sorts of strange boat races, jazz dances that are dubbed "rhythmic gymnastics," synchronized swimming and obscure shooting categories. But in the ancient Olympics, events were added all the time to the original track and field competitions. Besides the early inclusion of aristocratic horse racing, a clunky foot race in armor was added by the late sixth century B.C. Runners took off in elements of the infantry panoply, the ancient equivalent of modern camouflaged SWAT teams lumbering in full battle gear. And, as yet, no one has clamored for mule-cart racing, which was added to the games in 500 B.C. and felt by Greek critics, from Aristotle to Pausanias, to be a travesty of the games. interactive2.wsj.com