Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 Vancouver Gained Important Benefits from Hosting the Olympics Brent Toderian 10

2 Why No One Wants to Host the 2022 Olympics Dan Wetzel 15

3 We're Still Lagging Behind in the Fight Against the Doping Cheats Rob Draper 20

4 Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Be Allowed in the Olympics Ian Steadman 24

5 The Sochi Olympics Are an Environmental Disaster McKenzie Funk 31

6 Israel Should Have Boycotted Sochi over Russia's Anti-Gay Record Geol Pinto 42

7 Arguments for Boycotting Sochi Are Unconvincing Ilya Somin 45

8 The Olympics Have Always Been a Venue for Political Protest Tracy Smith 49

9 Sex Trafficking Is a Danger at Sporting Jeff Sagnip 56

10 Olympic Sex-Trafficking Myth Creates Climate of Fear Giedre Steikunaite 61

11 The Special Olympics in LA Will Benefit the City and the Athletes Michelle K. Wolf 65

12 Rio Will Be Ready for Olympics in 2016 Associated Press 69

Organizations to Contact 73

Bibliography 78

Index 83