2021 Summer Olympics (Tokyo): July 23 (Friday) - August 8 (Sunday)

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The 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo are set to occur from July 23 to August 8, despite significant public opposition due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Surveys indicate that 80% of the Japanese population supports postponing or canceling the Games, with a petition by lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya garnering over 400,000 signatures. The Tokyo organizing committee has banned foreign spectators, affecting approximately 630,000 ticket holders, while local attendance remains uncertain. NBC will broadcast the events live, with the opening ceremony scheduled for the morning of July 23 in the U.S., which is 13 hours behind Tokyo time.

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It is dangerous. There have been deaths and so forth.
 
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Quan Hong Chan's (age 14) perfect dive - 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 - was pretty amazing. First all 10's this Olympics.
 
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Very nice hand-off to Paris for 2024.

Beijing 2022 for Winters first, though.

Hopefully, we get live event audiences for a true Olympic feel.
 
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kyphysics said:
Very nice hand-off to Paris for 2024.

Beijing 2022 for Winters first, though.

Hopefully, we get live event audiences for a true Olympic feel.
The UK did ok, a nice diversion at this time.

I would have liked to have seen more. I did see the ladies speed climbing which was absolutely nuts. Amazing
 
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pinball1970 said:
The UK did ok, a nice diversion at this time.

I would have liked to have seen more. I did see the ladies speed climbing which was absolutely nuts. Amazing
I agree it was a good "distraction" (in a positive, hopeful way) that reminded people of normal life pre-COVID. Would have loved to see crowds in the stands, but I took what we had fine.

I thought USA's swimming got a good run from Australia, which will be a good rivalry going forward. I enjoyed platform diving the most this year, surprisingly. Maybe it's because they showed it a lot. I wish NBC would have showed LESS rowing, canoeing, and golf and MORE stuff (for some of these, they never showed anything) like martial arts/boxing/wrestling, weight lifting, softball (I was very interested in this), and field. It's called track and field...not track. They left out the field part.

You had to go to different NBC affiliates to catch those other events, which I didn't always have access to. No offense to those who enjoy golf, rowing, and canoeing, but those are just not "watchable" for me personally. :smile: