Rio Olympics

[Mesterh]

Just watching the build up to the opening ceremony and cant help thinking how great the games were in 2012.

 

Im not a big sports fan but the London olympics was something that was absolutely brilliant.

 

Good luck team GB.

[Mike Dempsey]

I cant just get interested in these olympics. Loved London 2012 but with the huge time difference, drugs cheating/not being available, golfers pulling out I think it needs to get back to basics such as only being for amateurs. There is too much money involved and big business dictating everything. Might watch the occasional highlight prog but thats about it.

 

Mike

[Johny Walker]

are bartletts involved

[gand]

Looking forward to the bmx and mountain biking, but that's it. We've got some very good riders on the sly

 

 

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[Mick Dempsey]

I've never been less interested in any olympics.

 

Maybe I'll get engaged as we get going.

[treequip]

The cynic in me just looks at it all and wonders how many are on drugs and just haven't been caught yet.

[easy-lift guy]

It is sad that these olympics will be the first in modern history that should have been canceled due to health concerns. Instead hundreds if not thousands of people will be infected by the zika virus. All for the sake of greed and politics. At least the russian team was whittled down a little in size. They may be mad for not being able to compete due to failure to pass drug testing, however at least they won't help spread a highly contagious virus.

Here in Florida I have watched the number of reported cases increase daily and as the virus continues to mutate and infect more people this is one micro pandemic that should of and could of been avoided.

easy-lift guy

[Old Mill Tree Care]

are bartletts involved

 

 

Brilliant! 😂😂😂😂

[10 Bears]

It is sad that these olympics will be the first in modern history that should have been canceled due to health concerns.

 

I totally agree with you Easy. I read this interesting article - see the comments for points 3 and 4.

 

There was also a leading biological disease scientist over here on the news recently saying if there is one way to make a disease spread rapidly, it is to collect a load of people together, let just a few become infected, and then release them back into different parts of the world.

 

Zika will inevitably become another global disease crisis all due to the current Olympics.

[Pinkfoot]

I cant just get interested in these olympics. Loved London 2012 but with the huge time difference, drugs cheating/not being available, golfers pulling out I think it needs to get back to basics such as only being for amateurs. There is too much money involved and big business dictating everything. Might watch the occasional highlight prog but thats about it.

 

The same reasons I will not watch it.