How easily this ideal could be corrupted by distinctly ungentlemanly politics was already clear in 1936, when Coubertin’s doddering speech about peace and fair play was played over the loudspeakers of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, while Hitler and his henchmen raised their arms to salute the Nazi flag.
这一理想极易被毫无优雅性可言的政治所腐蚀，1936年就是明证：老态龙钟的顾拜旦关于和平和公平竞赛的演讲通过扬声器飘荡在柏林奥林匹克体育场上空，而希特勒及其亲信朝纳粹旗帜敬礼。