The world was left in complete and utter disbelief, not just by the first match of the day, but by all the games held thereafter. From the first punch thrown to the last shot fired, Germany had swept the competition.
Gold, silver, bronze—all were claimed by German athletes. On multiple occasions, the International Committee paused the contests, investigating suspicions of cheating because the results seemed so improbable. Yet every time, no violation of the rules was found.
Germany and its athletes were simply that superior—not because of some imagined "Übermensch" genetic advantage, as had been falsely claimed during the 1936 Olympics of Bruno's past life, but because Bruno had spent nearly two decades carefully cultivating the world's greatest athletes from among his own people.
