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By PAUL NEWBERRY NEW YORK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Yubaru
Not to the Mori and the JOC, they NEED the ticket sales to break even!
Objective
Symbol wasn't allowed in my last post
Cutting your losses IS BETTER than losing everything.
Kumagaijin
The boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow resulted in many athletes becoming depressed, having trained all their lives for nothing. Interesting book called, "Boycott" by Jerry Caraccioli and Tom Caraccioli is a good read.
Bugle Boy of Company B
Don’t cry over spilled milk.
doggar
Too bad japan lost it's chance to win lots of home field advantage medals. With the cancellation of the olympics next year too, the lost out on many many gold medals. so sad
ReasonandWisdomNippon
So many athletes worldwide trained for years to attend the Olympics, this doesn't just affect Japan. People worldwide have been affected and suffering as well.
Jbigs
If the virus has been mostly contained and the games are to go ahead, I would suggest spreading the events around the country like they do in the world cup (football, rugby etc). Have a Japan olympics instead of Tokyo olympics to encourage social distancing and avoid mega crowds in an olympic village full of people from every country in the world. Would be good for the smaller towns struggling this year with no tourism.