In 1992, immediately after the Cold War’s end, the United States and the former Soviet Union’s “Unified Team” won a quarter of the medals in Barcelona. Global bipolarity had not yet vanished.
1992年，冷战刚刚结束，美国和前苏联国家组成的“独联体”在巴塞罗那奥运会上夺走了四分之一的奖牌。全球两极化还没有彻底消失。到了2008年北京奥运会，世界已经发生了重大变化，中美两极取代了苏美两极，两国相加夺走了20%的奖牌。