The Beijing and London Olympic games: A medical comparison and interim changes

Juan Antonio Samaranch made comparing Olympics an art form. Invariably he was understandably and appropriately effusive in his praises and comfortable to offer comparisons on quality. I certainly have neither the former International Olympic Committee (IOC) Chief's oratorical skills nor licence. I have been privileged to attend and be a small player in four Olympics. I also have four children and am certainly not in any way able to offer a grading of which of these four is my preferred. All of us love all of our family members. So it seems better to sit on the fence and have a foot on both sides and contrast and compare but not rank.