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Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

Author of several books on the Olympics, including Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry and the forthcoming book, Sexual Diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics: No More Rainbows. The book comes out on Friday to coincide with the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Russia. Lenskyj is professor emeritus at the University of Toronto.

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