With the Olympics postponed, and the IOC’s cheesily-named ‘Here We Go’ committee addressing the logistics of rearranging such a huge event, I have one plea for them – don’t water down the Games in 2021.
The task in front of the IOC shouldn’t be underestimated. Staging an Olympics is a monumental effort that takes years, with preplanning, to the event itself and then the legacy all needing to be accounted for.
As there are more than 11,000 athletes from 206 countries competing across 339 events, and then coaches, officials, broadcasters, sponsors, spectators etc all to be considered, there are many moving parts to try to align.