mr.x Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Of course, the era of when the IOC President (Juan A. Sammaranch) would announce every Olympics during the Closing Ceremony speech as the best Games ever is long over...And we obviously won't know what Jacques Rogges will say until the 28th but he most certainly won't be saying anything along the lines of what Sammaranch has said. So, with 10 days to go my question is, how has Vancouver 2010 faired so far compared to the Salt Lake 2002 and Torino 2006 Games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceNarcissus Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Definitely the best. I doubt Rogge himself would ever say any games were the best ever, but you'd have to imagine the IOC would have an understanding that 2010 is going on strong with massive public interest, a clean, scenic city well-geared for hospitality, and venues with rich winter sports traditions and experts involved. There is no question about the 2010 legacy, it's pretty much already here. On top of that 2010 is so far going on without a hitch despite 1. Sizeable disinterest and protest in Vancouver, 2. The global financial meltdown, 3. Cypress Mountain turning into mud pie. The last piece of the puzzle to really see how great the games will be are the issues with transportation. If transit and the venue bus systems run smoothly all will be well. Of course there's the events themselves, but here with so much interest and tradition in sports it's hard to imagine they would be anything but spectacularly run. Compared to Salt Lake and Torino, I would say Vancouver has the edge over Salt Lake as far as living and hospitality, and compared to Torino Vancouver definitely has the edge in workforce aptitude and legacy interest. I wouldn't like to say any of the three were better because it seems like each one had a wide difference of challenges, but in light of the financial crisis Vancouver definitely deserves a top nod for not backing down on anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Its obviously the best thus far. Even Sochi will find it hard to match these Games. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 , and compared to Torino Vancouver definitely has the edge in workforce aptitude and legacy interest. Care to explain? I'm not sure about the meaning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4gamesandcounting Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 They will need to do a lot to beat Lillehammer for me. In some ways they will be the best, but a small mountain town in Norway will always be the best games for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 loll...I see that the two Turinese have given two comments negative ratings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 What rating.. and there's no Torinese here. Are you paranoid? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicFan2010 Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 I don't think JAS said that for every Olympics. Lillehammer is still considered the 'best', yet he never have the title to Nagano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY20?? Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 It's one thing to be the technical "best." Meaning the best in planning, organization, transportation, accommodation, legacy, etc... factors that are tangible and objectively measurable to a certain extent. But it's another to be the “best” in terms of atmosphere, resonance, memorability, and in measure of whether or nor the Olympic Spirit shined its brightest. This seems to be the measure in which Lillehammer and Sydney are regarded as the "best." Vancouver has probably shored up the tangibles, but we'll have to wait for everything else. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Care to explain? I'm not sure about the meaning.. Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Lillehammer 1994 are still the most beautiful Winter Games ever. If Vancouver 2010 will be the best (we know that afterwards) this Olympiad is the best... because the Beijing Olympics were the best Games of the Olympiad (Summer Games) ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted February 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 ^ in terms of how Beijing handled with the quality of its venues and its massive Ceremonies spectacles, yes it was the best Games of the Olympiad but overall with all those people being evicted and a reported 2,000 people dying from both evictions and poor construction safety codes....overall I wouldn't call Beijing that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 "...the best Winter Games of 2010!!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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