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  1. TorchbearerSydney
    The appeal of the Sunshine Coast to Gold Coast region is its summery, tropical, resort vibe feel. Unfortunately the Games are mid-winter, when it is too cold for water activities, and positively chilly in the morning. This is going to be the coldest Summer Games in memory. Not sure why they didn't at least start it in mid-August rather than July. It is just too early.
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    Those pictures are just depressing- the freeways in the river, and the saddest looking 'mall' on earth....how about some pics pf 'bustling Fortitude Valley, or the sewer of one-way streets through the CBD. A couple of property developments dont make a great city.
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    Q: a successful Atlanta/Sydney hybrid. Nailed it there, and they were 2 of the cheapest (per event/ constant dollars) in history...and that is a good thing going forward. Cant agree about Brisbane though as a better city than Sydney, or particularly Melbourne. I find it too car oriented, too spread out, lacking any real CBD... and pretty shabby. Too small to have a vibrant critical mass.
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    There is no risk of Brisbane 32 being glitzy...quite the opposite. I am more afraid of these Games, after Paris and LA, being too cheap and down-market and ultimately forgettable. A bit of architectural ambition will not kill the Gabba.
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    4 Gold at the Aquatics WCs was pretty good though....but athletics is a worry!
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    It has been a crazy year for sport- Women's Football World Cup, Netball WC, Rugby WC, Basketball WC, Athletics and Swimming World Champs, Asian Games and Uni Games....lots of Olympic Qualifiers in there, plus all the regular sports too.
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    Q: Odd take on one of the best Olympics to date. How can you spin it any other way- although the London Games were a success, they were a SPORTING event where 32 medals had to be reassigned, 14 Golds, because of drug cheating. So nearly 5 percent of the 'winners' spectators watched didn't actually win their event. This is a huge fact that cant be glossed over.
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    Having lived in Singapore and Australia- my concern would be the weather differences. Singapore/ KL are full equatorial tropical 32C and 90 percent humidity in June/July.....Melbourne maybe 5 degrees during night matches. Canberra could even have snow! When teams come together for the knockout rounds they would have experienced very different match experiences
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    Would Coe demand to be always introduced as Champion of Athletics blah blah blah!!! I find Coe hugely unlikeable, and a bit dodgy from his Nike associations and the sad drug-tainted London Games.
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    Melbourne had a young white male, Sydney had a mature Black women...... Maybe an African immigrant like Peter Bol could give a nice balance.....who knows what will happen by 2032! And as an aside- as the flame extinguished in Atlanta, I said to my partner if Cathy Freeman is World Champion in 2000, she will light the flame in Sydney.
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    Q: first for the Olympic Movement with a co-host. Interesting, it is sort of true...but.. Melbourne Stockholm 1956? Munich Kiel.....Moscow Tallinn....etc
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    And Sweden is also a recently and frequent (unsuccessful) bidder....they are due the Games......it would be cruel for them to pipped yet again at the last minute. BUT they better get moving!
  13. TorchbearerSydney
    Q: Well…yeah. The advertising boards at the middle of the field tell you exactly where the match is being held Yes, but they get a bit lost in all the advertising, and even the city name scrolls to other stuff
  14. TorchbearerSydney
    The sliding centre for 2026 can be anywhere- makes no difference to the billions watching on TV. When you turn on the Womens World Cup can you tell if the match is in Auckland, Brisbane or Perth? Does it matter at all as long as the branding is all uniform?
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    I think AUS is talking more about linking with Indonesia than NZ or the World Cup ... and it would be great for Australia to forge closer ties with them. Indonesia is also the worlds 4th biggest country and will be a top 5 economy by mid century.
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    Australia beat Olympic Champions Canada 4-0 as well...who knows where this leaves us heading into Saturday!
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    My apologies- yes she is...but she is very pretty and English! Yes, she looked down at the player on the ground very deliberately so she could direct the stomp....
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    Scotguy: I could not agree more. It is disgusting that much of the UK media is giving her excuses- saying she is inexperienced, was under pressure, is young. Load of rubbish. She is pretty, white and English- how could she be a villian? If a Nigerian player had done that I am sure they would not have brushed it off so lightly.
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    If you think the two scenarios are the same you have never been an elite athlete...I have done ones like Sydney a few times,...but would never contemplate facing the logistics of the Paris one. It is many,mnay hours different for starters, lets stop pretending it isn't.
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    It is infinitely different....Sydney for example, 10 minute bus ride (1Km), sit in airconditioned arena (it was 18C outside)...walk 100 metres next door to the stadium ..and a 10 min bus back. London was similar. There is a difference in many hours and complexity.
  21. TorchbearerSydney
    Tournament is smashing attendance records...average match up from 19,000 to 24,000 .... for starters.
  22. TorchbearerSydney
    Athletes are not going to participate in this performance.... Athletes need to conserve all their energy for their events. What athlete, days before their once-in-a-4-year event want to: Assemble in the village (potentially in 40C heat).....catch a crowded bus to a dock on the outskirts of Paris....assemble while a hundred boats are loaded...wait, then parade down the Seine for an hour+, get off the boat with thousands of others, reassemble and walk a KM, take a seat and watch a show for a few hours, assemble with thousands to get on a bus to drive across Paris then get to bed after Midnight? It sounds like a nightmare. If I was a tourist I wouldn't waste most of a day exhausting myself with all that. At best, this should have been the Closing, not the Opening when competition was all over.
  23. TorchbearerSydney
    I regularly look at the Comm Games Federation website, and they have been living in cuckoo land for years....lots of happy statements about the strength of the Commonwealth and the Games etc... whilst oblivion stared them in the face. Shame Hambatota and Sri Lanka went bankrupt !
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    Which end does he salt come out, and which end the pepper...
  25. TorchbearerSydney
    RE: the Gold Coast....and he Gold Coast has the accommodation capacity not to need a village....another big stumbling block
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