Fitness: Do the Olympics turn host cities into active cities?

When it comes to the debate around hosting the Olympic Games, not all talk centres on the economics of holding the event. Potential host cities also engage in discussions surrounding the social impact of the Games, including the theory that watching athletes compete at the highest level motivates people to do the same.
But more than recruiting the next generation of Olympians and increasing the number of people playing organized sports, the pledge to turn Olympic-quality installations into recre