In spite of all the commercialisation, the professionaslisation and the patriotisation, something of the true Olympic spirit survives, as these pictures show.Hat-tip to Red Horse Down: Post #310 - Olympic Ideals: Truer, Deeper, More HumbleAnd three Russian gymnasts (Afanasyeva, Komova and Mustafina) give thanks for their achievements in the Games:

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