The Olympics originally were the preserve of the socioeconomic elite of the socioeconomic elite among nations.
Originally, the Olympics was the domain of the upper echelon of the socioeconomic elite.
The Olympics have always been about show casing the skills of the general populace of a nation.
A skiier is outside during the winter.
A man is pole-vaulting.
People riding a roller coaster.
The bowler is eating.
It is hard to tell at first if Fred is good.
The passages that I quote do not correspond to a non-academic naive view of liberty.