The International Olympic Committee sits on $1.6 billion in assets and pays all of its President’s expenses at an estate in Switzerland. Yet given the chance to express an ounce of gratitude, to act like an excited fan the way the rest of the world is, to give a nod of respect for a guy who just did what no man ever has in a manner no man could ever imagine, Jacques Rogge just couldn’t help but act small.

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