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    *WARNING/DISCLAIMER: The following post contains links to an Inside The Games article, and should be evaluated within the context of that publication’s recent ownership and editorial changes Okay, the caveat over, ITG today reports: Coventry commits to Olympic bid process review Which seems to be based on one remark she made: The newly elected president of the IOC has taken a measured approach to India's 2036 Summer Games candidacy. "I believe we should involve the membership in the selection of the future host and I have some ideas that I may share next week," she advanced in her post-vote press conference. Hardly committal. And why didn’t she suggst such during her campaign? But I guess we’ll see what she actually does. I might even forgive her some of her many shortcomings if she does bring back some sort of open bidding.
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    The Happy Couple
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    No. That was the original, your chère grand pere, Pierre de Coubertin, who was much younger, 33, when he became IOC president in 1896.
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    Marina gets it So it’s victory for Kirsty Coventry in the IOC elections. Who says cards with a rigged deck isn’t an Olympic sport?
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    The toll starts First migrant worker dies building a World Cup stadium in Saudi Arabia
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    Mother of Dragons
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    Yep, that’s about it. You had a good run, GamesBids… Ugh!
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    Jens at The Inquisitor has posted his eve of vote predictions, and basically puts it down to a two-horse race between Juanito and… Kirsty. La noche de las noches I don’t think it’s paywalled, but I’ll put it below in spoilers if you want to read. It’s got bullet points and formatting and all!!!
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    Who’s tiptoeing? I thought it was pretty clear from Week 1.
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    This will get interesting Imane Khelif hits back at Donald Trump and targets Olympic gold defence in LA
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    Meh, still think it’s overkill. It’d be more fitting if they dug up Baron PdC’s heart each time and each took a bite out of it… or maybe that should be the initiation ceremony for each new president…
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    ‘Seb is a leader’: Farah, Bolt and Grey-Thompson back Coe for IOC president Pity Farah, Bolt and Grey-Thompson don’t vote…
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    Bit overkill to have an OC for an IOC session IMO. Feeds their grandiosity. But maybe it’ll start a trend. Can’t wait for the OC to the next Tesla AGM
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    Not the sort of thing I’d get up at 1am here for. Be plenty enough to digest over breakfast in the morning.
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    Four days and counting… And on The Inquisitor, Jens launches into another tirade on the unsuitability of Kirsty: Tommy's Girl Full text of that below in the spoiler tag: And on ITG, they’re hyping up eve-of-vote “touchy feely” allegations against her Kirsty Coventry, harassment allegations surface
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    This would work…
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    Thought this was probably more relevant as a thread now that Germany and the DOSB seem to be abandoning any efforts to bid for 2036 and are openly looking towards 2040. Germany 2040 Games bid gathering steam Parsons endorses German 2040 bid
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    Probably time to retire this thread now that Germany seems to be focussing now on 2040 Germany 2040 Games bid gathering steam Parsons endorses German 2040 bid Started a new thread for 2040 here:
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    And over on The Inquirer, Jens Weinreich publishes his latest Presidential Bid Index: IOC Presidential Index (III): Samaranch, the next chapter in which he continues his assessment of Kirsty as a dumb blonde and puppet, and says Slick Seb slipped up in his January live presentation and put the momentum squarely on El Kid… There is no question that Samaranch gave a more convincing performance than Sebastian Coe. That was surprising. It may have been because Coe felt too confident and overdid it that morning with additional appointments. Regardless, it can no longer be changed. When it mattered, Samaranch made a stylish Olympic appearance. Coe, on the other hand, the Olympic champion, was surprisingly weak, well below his level. Let's not forget: it was the only appearance of the candidates before the session. There will be no more such presentations in Greece next week. It is primarily the Lausanne session and the world powers behind Samaranch that have catapulted him from last place to second place in the Olympic Presidential Index. (that’s the juicy parts that I can access. There’s more, but Jens charges a pretty penny for full access to his manifestos)
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    I thought they needed some campaign posters
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    You’ve got a good point there. While he’s waiting his turn behind the other unknowns (to the average person) to make his zoom pitch, Slick Seb gets to swan around the world, one day reassuring the Indians (with a wink to the Ambanis) that India has such a strong case for the games, and the next day dropping BIG names and getting headlines by sounding so strong, tough and, well, presidential. The only downside is that the average IOC member reading the reports on their seaside patio or drawing room might find it all a bit presumptuous. Then again, you play the hand your dealt, and Seb’s been collecting and hoarding all the aces since 1984.
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    Considering Albo had been poised to call the election today, for an April 12 poll (but was forced to abandon the plan due to Cyclone Alfred), and that would have precluded any pre-poll budget on March 25, it’d be highly doubtful it’s anything but coincidence. He would have loved to have avoided it. You’re reading far too much into it. And the expectation, pretty certainly actually, is a May poll - May 3, 10 or 17. Any earlier clashes with Easter and Anzac Day. Federal government to hand down 25 March budget after Tropical Cyclone Alfred delays election announcement
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    Coe targets Musk and Zuckerberg talks over ‘pond life’ abuse of female athletes
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    Here in English Exclusive: all 21,864 first round matches of the FIFA World Cup™ 2030
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