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Interesting the countdown clock has been unveiled today to mark 6 years to go with no emblem, no sports or no look of the Games unveiled yet. The sports programme should be finalised by the end of the year with the look of the games and emblem next July to mark 5 years to go Getting excited for another Olympic Games in Australia in our lifetime as i was 6 when Sydney hosted the Best Olympic Games Ever back in 2000.

This will also avoid a scheduling conflict with Super Bowl LXIX in the US if the tournament starts in January 2035 and ends in mid-February 2035 around President's Day creating a Super Sunday of sports with both the World Cup Final and Super Bowl LXIX falling on February 18, 2035. A Christmas Eve start and ending on January 28 is a possible option or a December 21 start to avoid playing on Christmas Day is an option. A January 28 Final will be well outside Super Bowl LXIX which is slated to be in mid-February assuming the NFL moves to 18 games

South Africa can host a decentralized Olympics in Joburg, Cape Town and Durban. Cape Town proposed a solo bid in 2004 bud lost out to Athens

The 2026 Winter Olympics showed that two cities can work together and co-host an Olympics. Wouldn't mind Norway hosting another WOG with Oslo and Lillehammer co-hosting

Openig Ceremony proper will be in Lyon with mini-ceremonies in Charmonix, Grenoble and Albertville.

The last two Winter OIympic logos have been disappointing. Milano-Cortina 2026 was just 26 in the style of mountains and Alps 2030 is simple and basic compared to past logos like Vancouver 2010 and Beijing 2022

Wished they used Alpes Francaises 2030 and French Alps 2030 in both French and English for the branding not just Alpes 2030/Alps 2030

Typeface reminds me of Albertville 1992 The LA 2028 logo is growing on me each day.

They planned to do the OC for Annecy 2018 at Lac D'Annecy. It will be an even more spectacular event than the OG plan hosting it at the Nice Promenade

Every single Summer Olympic Games in a Leap Year ending in a 6 faces bad luck 1916 - Berlin - Cancelled due to WWII, first Olympics to be cancelled 1936 - Berlin - Hosted during the Nazi regime - Significant calls for boycotts 1956 - Melbourne - Held in late 1956, the latest-ever Olympics - Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland did not participate due to the Suez Crisis, China was absent - Blood in the pool water polo match - First boycotted Olympics held during Cold War 1976 - Montreal - A financial disaster, cost blowouts ballooning to CAD1.6b that was paid 30 years after the Olympics - Australia failed to win a gold medal - Olympic Stadium becomes a white elephant - Boycotts by many African nations 1996 - Atlanta - Centennial Olympic Park bombing - The Coca-Cola Games - Transportation failures and issues 2016 - Rio - infrastructure woes - Zika virus outbreak - Performance and misfortune. Cate Campbell in swimming for Australia with the Australian team winning only 8 gold medals far below their performance at recent Olympics in Tokyo and Paris - security and crime issues

China should've postponed the games to 2023 to allow foreign tourists and spectators plus a normal Olympic Games as well as avoiding the Number 4 which is bad luck. The Paralympic also started on a 4 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine so it was bad feng shui for the Chinese

Beijing 2022 started on February 4 and the number 4 is an unlucky date Beijing 2008 moved back their Olympic Games from their original plan hosting it on July 25-August 9 to August 8-August 24 to align it with 8/8/08

They should've just held an outdoor CC in Milano and reused Torino's hockey arena to cut costs

Alberta-wide Olympics will be fun with events dispersed around the Rockies

I watched both Olympics and Paralympics through Stan. The 4 Ceremonies in full with world feed commentary and no commercials