Games officials have the power to purge profiteering from elite competition and rewrite how we watch and enjoy sport
Citius. Altius. Cancelled by a bat virus. In the end the decision to postpone the Olympic Games came as no surprise to anyone. Tokyo 2020 had struggled on manfully, like the last Japanese soldier still fighting the second world war from inside a small Pacific island copse in 1974. But there was never any doubt which way this was heading.
Global plague trumps global sport every time and the degree of delay and fudge was just a function of the political and financial capital involved, the need to erect sufficient litigation-shields and anti-blame mechanisms.
Written by Barney Ronay
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/27/tokyo-2021-big-sport-circus-give-olympics-back under the title “Tokyo 2021 is golden chance to close Big Sport circus and give the Olympics back | Barney Ronay”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
