huolympics1-7, Exercise 3: Two kinds of record

Model answer:

The athletic record is the results: who won which event, scores, medals. It rests on official results and can be checked against the IOC or Olympedia.

The human record is who left, who stayed, what they felt and what they said. It rests on memoirs, interviews, newspaper reports and later retellings, which differ and change with time, and may be shaped by politics at the moment of telling. The course keeps the two apart and treats the second with more caution. Details should be checked.