MadIvan
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 Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:38 am Post subject: The Magic of the Olympic Games |
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RightGoths.com | August 13, 2004 | Ivan Groznii
In case this passed you by in the haze of presidential politics or the summer sun, today, Friday the 13th of August 2004, is the opening of the 28th Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
That sentence has cause to hang in midair. Its echo, for some, may be empty. “So what?”, is an expected reply.
“So what”, indeed. The modern Olympics are light years away from its humble beginnings and starry heights. To some, the Olympics were at their best during the flawless 1994 Lillehammer and 2000 Sydney games. Athens, in contrast, appears to mark a steep decline in the Games’ fortunes.
It is not overstating matters to say the Olympics are in trouble. The Athens Games, while not yet considered an organisational disaster, certainly have been prepared for with more haste than sensible planning. Some of the results of this administrative chaos are marginally humourous: for example, the aquatic centre has been delivered without a sun-shielding roof. Other items are more disturbing – according to an Associated Press article of Friday, July 23, there has been “almost no time to test and troubleshoot vital security equipment.”
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Regards, Ivan
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