His radio crackled with a voice asking for a final count on the gold medals.

“The judges are finalizing the medal assignments in exactly five minutes,” he said.

“Then you have exactly four minutes to hand them these documents,” Claire said.

She pushed the folder firmly into his hands.

“Open it,” she said.

The clerk unwrapped the red string and looked at the top page.

He read the unredacted paragraph marked with the yellow sticky note.

He flipped to the second page and saw the municipal birth certificates with the state seal stamped in bright blue ink.