Those capacities have been lost. I think it doesn't take much to recognize—look at the young Japanese fans sitting in the stands at the hockey game with maple leafs tattooed on their cheeks—what sport can do in terms of the image of a nation.
Ce que le sport peut apporter à l'image d'une nation est assez évident si l'on regarde les jeunes fans japonais assis dans les gradins à un match de hockey, les joues ornées de feuilles d'érable.