The Summer Games are known for athletic excellence, but they provide plenty of aesthetic excellence along the way.
Léon Marchand and the rest of the Olympians at the Paris Games have put on a show — in more ways than one.Credit...James Hill for The New York Times
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By Sadiba Hasan
- Aug. 9, 2024
Some people watch the Olympics for the events. Others watch for the hot athletes.
This is nothing new. Going all the way back to the first century, the orator Dio Chrysostom praised the “beauty” of the boxer Melankomas, who competed in the ancient Greek athletic games.