Olympic Modernism

I've been closely following the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and I feel like the Games share a lot of goals that the modernists hoped to achieve. First of all, modernists were devastated and disillusioned by WWI, and the Olympics are not only sporting events, but they are moments when the world becomes one. At Pyeongchang, there was a unified Korean (South + North) women's hockey team. Also, there have been great advances in the relationship between the governments of North Korea and South Korea. Modernists hoped to rebuild bridges between people in a world in which communication had broken off. Similarly, the Olympics promote communication and peace.