The world's anti-doping police are at loggerheads, a child rapist is playing volleyball for Holland, a female British equestrian rider has been caught up in an animal welfare storm and Argentines are being booed by the French at every opportunity.
That is merely a snapshot of the past few days in Paris, in contrast to the message that IOC president Thomas Bach has been pushing: of peace, harmony and a Games to end all global conflicts.
