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Originally Posted by GirlySports
How did everyone find these Olympics?
China wanted to put on a great show but to me it lacked alot of atmosphere, mostly because of the empty seats in the arenas.
I found these Olympics pretty average. Maybe a little bit better than Athens but definitely worse than Sydney.
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To me they'll be remember as a bit of scam. The IOC got scammed into awarding the games to Beijing with promises of change that have not been followed up on, and we've also seen a fair bit of suspicious officiating favoring the chinese. Big PR stunt by China, which in my mind has backfired. London 2012 might not match the same level of theatrics as Beijing, but they won't be censoring athlete's blogs or limit protests to official protest zones - and then deny every single application to use those zones. These games we're supposed to be a chance to show the world China has arrived, but all they've shown is that China has the ability to put on a good show without making any real progress beyond expanding their economy, which we already knew. Lipstick on the pig, so to speak.
As far as the Athletics go, Bolt and Phelps put on huge performances, and nothing can take that away from them.