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Asterix at The Olympic Games

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While out hunting, Asterix and his friend Obelix run across a sport champion of one of the local Roman garrisons named Gluteus Maximus, who is to participate in the olympic games. Under the effect of magic potion, they beat the roman athlete in everything he attemps, temporarily breaking gis resolve. Later on, the gauls decide to participate in the games as well, under the view that - as part of the roman world - they are legally romans (only free-born greek citizens were allowed to compete in the ancient olympics, but under pressure an exception was made for their roman occupiers). They later arrive in greece for the games, and are entered in the list of participants, much to the surprise of the greeks and the consternation of the romans.
Greeks and the consternation of the romans. Eventually the romans file a protest about the magic potion, which is banned by the olympic officials; this decision would seem to put an end to the gauls attempts to win a golden palm (the greeks and the romans being much fitter and better trained). However, in an ingenious trist, Asterix and the druid getafix leak the location of the potion to the romans, who in their desire to win an important race, al take the banned substance-which is laced with a dye which turns their tongues blue- and are disqualified, leaving asterix as the winner by default (though the villagers act as if he won by his own efforts)

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