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5 Great Places to Experience the Olympic Spirit

You don’t need to be in Paris to experience the magic of the Games.
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5 Great Places to Experience the Olympic Spirit
An LA 2028 sign is seen in front of the Olympic cauldron at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sept. 13, 2017. Richard Vogel/AP Photo
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It is that special, magical time again when we cheer on athletic excellence, celebrate big victories, and care about sports that we’ve only just heard of—trampoline, race-walking, even breaking (breakdancing). In a splintered global media landscape, these thrilling moments provide rare collective experiences.

In short, the Olympics are a lot of fun.

Tim Johnson
Tim Johnson
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Toronto-based writer Tim Johnson is always traveling in search of the next great story. Having visited 140 countries across all seven continents, he’s tracked lions on foot in Botswana, dug for dinosaur bones in Mongolia, and walked among a half-million penguins on South Georgia Island. He contributes to some of North America’s largest publications, including CNN Travel, Bloomberg, and The Globe and Mail.