Sometimes it’s not just the end score that counts in the minds of the audience: Nasty doping accusations, causing injury, fairplay and the lack of it also contributes

Add the following rule:

Popularity:
Each Olympian has attribute called “Popularity” which can be any whole number between -10 and 10.
An Olympian with a Popularity of -7 or below is called “Infamous”.
An Olympian with a Popularity of -3 or below is called “Unpopular”.
An Olympian with a Popularity of 3 or above is called “Popular”.
An Olympian with a Popularity of 7 or above is called “Star”.
New Olympians start with a popularity of 1.