I totally agree with Lal. I think sports are one of the things that truly connects nations. One thing I don't get is racism, and in sports there's no matter which colour you are. That's noe thing I very much appreciate in these games.
I saw one time in Finland, there is this sailing competition here every summer, there was some guy who fell from the boat and a guy from a boat next to the other one jumped in to the water to get the other dude because his leg was attached to some rope. When I saw this I felt that there was something right here, and I noticed that there's something more than just winning in these games also for the competitiors.