The Dutch Deserve the Backlash After Letting Steven van de Velde Compete in the Olympics

PARIS — On Friday evening at the opening ceremony, IOC president Thomas Bach emerged from his sheltered seat, joined spectators in the rain (though an underling held an umbrella over his head) and told a worldwide audience what he wanted the viewers to hear:

“We all respect the same rules and each other. In our Olympic world, we all belong.”