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i enjoy watching some of the less well represented and televised stuff: diving, tae kwon do track and field and so on. The olympics provides a back drop to the emotion, drama and skill of those elite sportsmen and women.
what I don’t enjoy is all the behind the scenes stuff- the questionable politics and lack of proberty from the olympics organisation themselves….( Or is that FIFA, ) and the level of historical doping that’s gone on…. Whether that was state sponsored or by individuals. I am not particularly close to it all but can’t be arsed to spend more time on it.
I remember seeing Miruts Yifter ('Yifter the shifter') dominate the 5K and 10K in the 1980 Olympics, despite not being able to remember his age. Daley Thompson's dominance in the Decathlon and rivalry with Jürgen Hingsen was electric. Coe vs Ovett in the middle distance battles, Carl Lewis to Usain Bolt in the sprints. Wonderful stuff.
In terms of boxing, it often heralds the emergence of the truly great. So many superb Cuban boxers shone at the Olympics. I recall seeing Ukraine's Vasily Lomachenko for the first time at the Olympics and thinking, this guy could be one of the best ever. He tuned out to be just that.
I'm crazy busy at work right now, but I will definitely be catching what I can. Competition in sport is far healthier than some of the geo-political shit that's happening right now.
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
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Sadly, back now as playing cricket this weekend. Really glad I flew as trains are in chaos due to some arson overnight.
Food in media village was OK- they are doing made on premises pizza, salads, rice and chicken dishes and some quite wonderful french pastries.
Atmosphere for France and Dupont last night was electric!
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
For Media it was smoother than RWC, but far less of the rugby hacks there.
There was a lot of queuing on day 1 for public, I think.
Aggressive searches for all. Plus ca change
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
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(** touch wood, fingers crossed etc.)