At its heart, the Olympics are about the glorification of the Olympics, the International Olympic Committee and the star of all stars — the Zeusian organizing committee chief.

As soon as the seeds are formed, it erects all the flower-stalks to prevent them from falling out; and thus loses the beauty of its figure. Is this a mechanical effect, or does it indicate a vegetable storgé to preserve its offspring?

to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy

For example, it takes a young girl gymnast, as a rule, about a month to learn how to do the sidesplit.