From FT:
In the cool of a 37m-long tunnel, its stone blocks decorated with homoerotic graffiti from the 4th century BC, athletes await the command to enter the stadium.
Preparing to run like the ancients, they curl their naked toes around two parallel grooves in the long, stone starting block and lean forward with both arms extended. At the shout of “Apite!” (Go!), they lunge forward and sprint feverishly across a surface of baked mud.
