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JO2024- you need to wind it down a bit- your attitude is terrible and a put off even to Paris 2024 supporters like myself. The French bid team seem to be working hard to ensure this bid is asshat free, so why don't you cooperate and turn it down a notch.

Good luck to Toronto, no doubt they'll table a strong bid. My heart (and mind) is behind Paris at this point. Can't help but feel Toronto risks boxing itself in as a North American Madrid.

Team Blake USA... Here we go again...

A Brazilian ranking Rio's logo as number 1 - how impartial.

The bold black bar is quite jarring for me - I'd be keen to know if this the colours are up for change like London and Sochi but I don't think they will.

Again - most of the criticism being levelled at Tokyo's logo is framed by a western stand point. TNMP sums it up well.

One aspect I don't like is the theme of "tomorrow" and "team" - it's such mindless fuzzy rhetoric, something that seems to be common with Asian hosts. The world can be a terrible place for many people, and the Olympics will never change that (it's ultimately an event for the highly privileged). To suggest that the Olympics is part of some solution to the ills of our planet is kind of condescending .

You only think that because your taste is stuck in the 90s

It's growing on me. This is not a logo to be under estimated. Potentially very iconic if they handle it well. Despite that I completely see what people dislike about it .

Actually it might be refreshing to have a simple and 'savoury' palette for the venues (gold, black, grey and red shapes could look stunning) Basically every Olympics since Sydney has had a whole spectrum of colours adorning it's venues, it might be refreshing to step back into something more handsome and conservative - like Atlanta's green quilt.

That font isn't my cup of tea - but at least it's original. I'm going to let the actual logo simmer for a while.

Currently in Hong Kong.. Such a shame they left the commonwealth games. Would have been just want the event needed .

^ too difficult to align with the many options the U.S. has at its disposal. Canada has just one obvious choice for its summer Olympic bid, the U.S. Has many. Plus, second tier events are not an assurance to Olympic success - Rio is not relevant to Toronto. We know Toronto could pull off a great Games - the IOC wasn't so sure about Rio's ability before it hosted 2007 - evident in its decision to exclude it from the shortlist for 2004. That would never happen to Toronto.

Why leak it here? Why not a news source?

"180 kilometres east of Seoul" Didn't realise they were so close. With the infrastructure they're putting in to connect PC to Seoul (think Whistler or Jangjiakou) these winter games might have been better off as Seoul 2018...

lol that design looks like Great Britain.. Or a duck

I think the Australian flag has had minor adjustments over the years, I believe as recently as the 1950s? The shade of navy and positioning of the stars varied a bit after federation .

As we all know, geopolitics is a huge part of the Olympic selection process. I think the fact that Almaty is Central Asia, and not East Asia like 2018 and 2022 may give it some underestimated leveridge. If we're going to the same continent, at least make it a different part. (Can you imagine a Chinese handover in South Korea? At least Kazn will offer something much more different)

Great decision. Hadid is a morally bankrupt egotist whose work is usually a good fit for autocrats with deep pockets. Looking forward to something scaled back and culturally appropriate that sets the bar for future stadiums. Tokyo should have looked to London, not Beijing, from the start. At least there is enough time, just.

In this context, do you truly believe Toronto would appeal to voters with the potential choices they'll have? The field is too strong, and the timing is off. It would be an uphill battle for a U.S. City for 2024, let alone Canada. That said, if the Europe/ USA / Africa cycle plays out, Toronto would be an obvious choice for 2036 - but even then cities like Dubai, Istanbul and a swathe of East Asian cities (Shanghai, KL, etc) would be lining up. I just think Toronto would face a similar upset to Chicago if it goes forward for 2024 - too many factors could rationalise it being eliminated early.

Quite surprised so many are easily writing off Almaty. This race is too unique and rare to make any prediction. It is truly 50/50.

Probably one of few cities that can get away with rehashing their former 1964 logo. I quite like the idea of a Tokyo 2020 logo being an exact copy of the 64 logo - perhaps with a blue or green dot to represent earth as a whole, and not just the Japanese nation. Just a thought.

... or have an authoritarian IOC president hail from your city and fiddle the books. Barcelona 92 was iconic, but we all know 1992 should have gone to Paris.

A Canadian based broadcaster coming to the conclusion that Toronto would be a favourite... That's ground breaking impartiality right there. Paris, Rome and Hamburg - move aside! Canada needs its fourth helping at the Sizzler all-you-can-eat! Toronto is about as much a threat to Paris as Osaka was to Beijing for 2008.

Yes, but Paris was bidding on the heels of Athens and Torino. Timing at that point favoured a capable North American SOG should a Beijing bid faulter - plus Toronto put up a great bid, which in sure it will again - I just don't think it'll win against a strong European field. Plus Vancouver has happened - which may have some impact.