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No shock .... Coates corruption is Gold Medal worthy Lets wait till the AOC meeting next year where he makes himself President for life ... Brisbane 2032 giving him the excuse to backflip on his promise to retire

and let it be stated ... that the IOC's own report suggests using existing venues in Sydney so will most likely end up a multi-city hosting

Can be easily done Brisbane - host outdoor events Sydney & Melbourne - host indoor events

In the words of Kevin Pietersen .... Brisbane is a "dump" Laughable that this place will become an Olympic host ... scraping the bottom of the barrel is the IOC Didn't the IOC watch the embarrassment that were the GC2018 ceremonies? QLD (and the Gold Coast is) tackiness personified Time the IOC bit the bullet and allowed countries/multiple cities to bid rather than cities A Brisbane/Sydney/Melbourne hosting triangle should host in 2032

It's a hick redneck (Hi Pauline!) town, far from a world class city When you look at the list of Olympic host cities Atlanta and now Brisbane stick out like sore thumbs John Coates has called in 50 years of corrupt favours, the only winner out of this is the AOC bank balance as I'm sure he'll screw Brisbane like he did Sydney funnelling money off into the AOC's coffers

Brisbane is an Atlanta like shithole This has John Coates dirty corrupt fingermarks all over it

Tokyo 2022 Birmingham 2023 Hamilton 2027 Lock it in

Bid officially given the green light by the QLD Government today .... Meh .... LA, Paris, Tokyo, Rio, London, Beijing ...... Brisbane International cities vs. a hick backwater IOC has gone past the days of an Atlanta type which Brisbane is

The 2026 bid is interesting as there is no candidate at present after Adelaide dropped out, the CGF must be getting a bit nervous as is only 6 years away now "Default, The two sweetest words in the English language"

Adelaide has dropped it's bid for 2026 Back to the drawing board for the CGF

Louise Martin interview on BBC radio said that the plan is to announce the 2026 & 2030 hosts at the General Assembly in October 2026 Adelaide 2030 Hamilton no other candidates expressed any interest, so lock them in Paris/LA style

Nobody bid most likely Perth dropped out a day before the deadline https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/athletics/world-athletics-championship-push-for-perth-in-2029-no-commonwealth-games-bid-ng-b881060779z

I think we have almost reached the point where it is enviable that all multi-sport events including the CommGames & Olympics will be "host countries" rather than "host cities" 2022 CG games will probably be the beginning of that trend with Durban stripped and the events farmed around to cities in the UK

Stick a fork in this Time for "Ode to Joy" and fireworks and wrap it up please

He's shaking more than the 2011 Japanese Earthquake