There are 11,656 athletes at the Olympics. Guy Fraser wanted them all on Wikipedia

Fans across the world enjoy complementing their Olympic viewing with some research. We meet the man who wants everyone’s story told

In 1992, 11-year-old Guy Fraser spent his summer vacation fiddling with a radio. He was searching, sometimes in vain, for an English-language broadcast of the Olympics in Barcelona. He was trapped in France.

Oblivious to the Olympics – and her son’s devotion to them – Fraser’s mother had booked a two-week break that coincided almost perfectly with the Games. Fraser was heartbroken, but he made the best of it. He found French broadcasts he could mostly understand as he sussed out how his favorite athletes were faring in Spain.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3rPBUe2