Olympics
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A cable-car service has been brought back to life in Sarajevo. We hitch a ride in a city on the up.
Quick off the blocks
Fast-paced drama and geopolitical intrigue aren’t just for Netflix. The 24-hour Olympic Channel is here, and with the PyeongChang Games approaching, it hopes to run rings around its rivals.
Podium finish
Rome’s Olympic Village is now a modernist urban marvel – and a winning place to live.
Fonts to run with
Before pixels and plagiarism scandals, Lance Wyman gave Mexico City 1968 its geometric soul. As Rio looms, a look back at the designer who made Olympic branding an art form.
Ready for a close-up
As Globo, Brazil’s most powerful broadcaster, celebrates its 50th birthday, we visit to find out how it stays atop the TV podium amid monopoly whispers and its Olympic coverage plans.
Breaking the ice
Having overcome cultural preconceptions, figure skater Zahra Lari is training to become the first athlete from the Gulf to compete in the Winter Olympics, inspiring a new generation of women.
Woman of fire
The desire to be the best set Tina Maze on the slopes to become a world-champion skier and Slovenia’s top athlete. She tells Monocle about her long journey to the top.
Americas
Swapping rum for wine in the Dominican Republic, bidding for the Olympics in Anchorage and going long-haul with Alaska'a senator.
Time to open wide
The Olympics were a soft-power triumph for the UK but what comes next? We explore how Britain can harness that post-games optimism and meet the people who can help the country do just that.
Making a splash
Iraq's national rowing team, bidding for London 2012, defies the odds. With shambolic security and ethnic violence, even getting to training is an arduous task. On the water, however, none of it matters.
