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Redemption
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Posted: 13 May 2021 at 3:02am |
Multiple polls now indicate 60% of Japanese citizens want the Games cancelled.
America's Track and Field team has just announced they are not flying to Japan to train, they are staying home to train. Big decision And what on earth will India do for the event? The Olympics comprises of thousands of athletes, thousands of support staff for athletes, then of course thousands of Olympic staff They seem flip of the coin right now, they are very unsure. Not exactly oozing confidence. Going by lack of confidence, and to host Olympics you need confidence, I will say they are going to be cancelled.
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Hosting an Olympics has so much more to do with the crowds, meeting of all of the cultures and so forth that it is easily the most affected by being played behind closed doors. Competitions like the AFL, NRL and many others around the world can, in the short term at least, function as a TV only product whereas the Olympics will loose something for mine if its run as a behind closed doors event and the athletes just FIFO for the events.
Plus think of the money condom manufacturers are missing out on without the Olympic village being in action
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ExceedAndExcel
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The Olympics is usually one of my most anticipated events but it seems very hard to be enthused by it this time. The idea of no crowds, no athlete interaction, no athletes at the opening/closing ceremonies etc just drags the whole thing down to me. I’m sure I’ll still watch my favourite events but doubt I’ll clear the schedule to do so. I wouldn’t mind at all if they do end up being cancelled, and that still has to be a real possibility.
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[QUOTE=Redemption]Multiple polls now indicate 60% of Japanese citizens want the Games cancelled.
America's Track and Field team has just announced they are not flying to Japan to train, they are staying home to train. Big decision And what on earth will India do for the event? The Olympics comprises of thousands of athletes, thousands of support staff for athletes, then of course thousands of Olympic staff They seem flip of the coin right now, they are very unsure. Not exactly oozing confidence. Going by lack of confidence, and to host Olympics you need confidence, I will say they are going to be cancelled. [/QUOTEWhen Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the modern Olympics back in 1896 he proclaimed the most important thing about the Olympics was not necessarily to win, but to compete, so I might suggest that would apply to most Indian competitors. India has only ever won 8 gold medals and most of them are in hockey and in view of the situation at home they might better not to participate.
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Redemption
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If any nation can pull it off, its the high tech Japan, which would know how to still make it all entertaining.
Sadly, as much as most of us love the Olympics, I would lean to them being cancelled. Hope I am wrong. |
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should never even be any argument about it. Just going to be a super-spreader event.
I love the Olympics, but it was cancelled in war-time and it should be cancelled now. Those Aussie swim costumes were snazzy, though. |
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The 2021 Tokyo Olympics have been cancelled
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