China's Olympic

China’s Olympic Soul-Searching: What the Games Have Taught the Country - The Daily Beast
by Melinda Liu , Paul Mooney Aug 12, 2012 4:45 AM EDT

 

The London Games have sparked debates in China about everything from the country’s obsession with winning to its victim mentality. Melinda Liu and Paul Mooney on the lessons learned.

 

and in contrast:

 

Gabby Douglas, Ryan Lochte: Why Families of America’s Olympics Athletes Are Broke

by Kevin Fallon Aug 7, 2012 4:45 AM EDT The Daily Beast 

 

Gabby Douglas’s mother declared bankruptcy. Ryan Lochte’s family faces foreclosure on their home. Years of spending huge sums, with little outside assistance, to prepare their kids to become Olympic heroes leaves many U.S. families on the brink of financial disaster.