The extravaganza that opens in Sydney on September 15th is making all kinds of claims for itself. These are the "athletes' games", returning the Olympic focus to sport after years of interruption by politics; the "green games", with an athletes' village run on solar power and recycled water; and the "wired games", where contenders can create their own home page and check messages from fans across the world on a site especially created for Olympians. In case e-mails are not enough, the athletes are also being provided with 752,000 condoms.
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