Athletes are too mollycoddled nowadays.
Alf Tupper would have went over the day before the games started, finished building the village and stadium, cleaned them up, saved the life of a local Indian Princess by rescuing her from stereotypical nasty native types, had to run 5 mile to the stadium to make the start of his race (stopping only for the obligatory fish supper from the only decent fish and chip shop in India).. and still win the Gold Medal. No lottery grants required either.
