The winter Olympics have begun with the best athletes from around the world competing in ice and snow based sports. There are plenty of superheroes who competed in the Olympics or are known for having Olympic-level abilities, one of whom used magic and cunning to win his event.

Asterix was a French comic album series about a Gaulish village where residents received a magic potion and used their enhanced strength to resist Julius Caesar’s Roman army. The comic’s 12th issue, Asterix at the Olympic Games, took the titular hero to the Olympics in a story that satirized the usage of performance enhancing drugs in sports.

The comic starts at a Roman camp where the unfortunately named Gluteus Maximus is training for the Olympic Games in Greece. Asterix and his friend Obelix come upon Gluteus while he’s training and they quickly best him at running, boxing, and javelin. Upon hearing the news, the leaders of Gaul decide to send their own representatives to the Olympics and hold trials to see who should go. Naturally, since they all took the magic potion, they are equal in their athletic abilities and eventually decide to send Asterix and Obelix to the games.

When they arrive in Olympia, Gluteus Maximus and others are disheartened to see the Gaul competitors, and the despair soon spreads to all the Roman athletes. They stop training and start having extravagant parties instead, annoying the Greeks, who send a judge to reprimand the Romans. They are told that alcohol is considered an artificial stimulant and is prohibited, so the Romans tell the judges about the Gauls’ magic potion. Asterix chooses not to take the potion anymore so that he will be eligible to compete.

The Greeks go on to beat Asterix and the Romans in every competition, turning the games into a lackluster event. Thinking that too much success will make them look bad, the Greeks announce a special race that is just for the Romans, Asterix included. Sensing an opportunity, Asterix and Getafix talk loudly about a cauldron of potion that is currently unguarded, and the Romans can’t resist the opportunity to gain an edge over the competition.

As can be expected, the Romans beat Asterix by a mile, and they all cross the finish line at the same time. Getafix accuses them of taking the potion, but they deny cheating, so Asterix sticks his tongue out at them. The Romans respond in kind, revealing that they all have blue tongues because Getafix put blue coloring into the potion. The entire Roman group is disqualified and Asterix is named the winner of the race.