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Review By Iris When the Olympics r_____ around, Journalists tend to e_________ the Greek Games as being pure and uncommercial, which is sheer nonsense and the p________ modern invention. As far as Homer’s Iliad, Greek athletes cheated with the entire e_______ based on winning, like taking d_______, jumping the gun, or even viciously e________ the rivals, which was difficult in determining the responsible as the Greek athletes were obliged to compete in the n______. The bareness may prevent the athletes to e________ the products, but the so-called amateurs may be awarded with prize money, paid by the huge fees for personal appearance or even a_________ from the taxes. The commercial Olympics were also political. The great athlete may change the c________ enticed by a big sum of money, which happens all the time today with corporate e___________. The ancient misbehavior climaxed with two rather bizarre a________ of the kings; one p________ the winner who defeated him and the other was declared as the winner in spite of the apparent defeat. When the Games were revived in 1896, all the ancient shenanigans were revived with the added r________. When the Greek Spiridon may win the marathon ________, he fortified himself along the road with swigs of sugared wine. By contrast, the American Fred was discovered that he had not gone the entire distance under his own s_____ just before he was awarded the winner. More o______ is the fact that distance runner began taking stimulants. Hicks was a pioneer in sustaining himself with small dozes of Strychnine and kept his medal although his physician was not s________ about it. Then in 1908, the Italian Dorando was not so lucky. He nearly died of the Strychnine dose and was d________. Since then, the tragic cases s________ the IOC to initiate drug testing. In 1976, Olympic cheating entered the e_______ Age, when the Russian Boris rewired his sword to light at any time he would deem appropriate. Then there is the matter of s_______