Paul Rouse

By the end of the 70s, its power was in severe decline.

And we'll talk about how that manifested itself, Dominic, in the next episode.

But equally, in 78, Argentina won the World Cup.

By 82, the military dictatorship was gone.

And this is the thing that must be remembered always about sport.

Sport, at its very best, is of the moment.

It completely captures the emotions in the moment.

But what does that mean beyond the moment?

What is the legacy of that success?

Is it eaten bread soon forgotten when it comes to sport?

Sport is unbelievably protein in its aspect.

It changes and turns all the time.

It is always driving forward and it is always about the next event, not the one that has just happened or very quickly becomes about the next event.

Now, I'm not saying that it doesn't facilitate identification, but it doesn't smother all other feelings.

And it does not, you cannot deny the multiple identities of a human being when it comes to these things.

I think that's right.

In a nutshell, that's it.

I think the fact of going to Germany and that kind of developing relationship with Hitler, which comes after 36 onwards and everything that happens in the way Italian society is beginning to change and move closer to Germany, albeit with resistance from quite a number of Italian people who don't like this.

They don't like this drift of Italian policy.

So the 36th Olympic Games was played.