The BBC’s sports editor Mihir Bose on the discord and anguish that the Olympic torch is leaving in its wake
The Olympic torch, meant to promote peace and harmony is now producing the sort of discord and anguish that I have rarely seen in an Olympic gathering, especially with a Games only four months away.
By this time, and with Beijing’s preparations in terms of stadiums and facilities having gone so well, the men and women who run the Olympics movement should have had every reason to feel satisfied.
They have taken the Olympics to a new frontier; the world’s most populated country.
