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There is absolutely no room for doubt that the Olympic athletes represent the best of their respective sports, the real cream of the crop. But, as we also know from past experience (Michael Phelps’s penchant for bong rips, for one, or Stephanie Rice’s offensive slur tweeted after the Wallabies walloped the Springboks), athletes don’t always exercise the best judgment when it comes to sculpting their image in the eye of the public.

There is absolutely no room for doubt that the Olympic athletes represent the best of their respective sports, the real cream of the crop. But, as we also know from past experience (Michael Phelps’s penchant for bong rips, for one, or Stephanie Rice’s offensive slur tweeted after the Wallabies walloped the Springboks), athletes don’t always exercise the best judgment when it comes to sculpting their image in the eye of the public.

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