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Originally Posted by dlish
hmm true.. but what i was really getting at..
in terms of general flow, organisation, drugs, public transport, getting around, traffic, pollution, political interference...
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Wouldn't Berlin in 1936 be tops in that respect?
Anyway, I think Beijing will be fine. China seems to be doing a good job - the BBC has been doing daily monitoring of pollution levels and they have, based on their reports, taken a big drop as the Chinese have stopped virtually all construction/heavy industry in the area and have taken 50% of the cars off the road.
They have also been testing their athletes incessantly in training - and if anyone is positive, they are off the team. The last thing China wants is to have a Chinese athlete test positive during the games and embarass the country.
On other levels, 1980 and 1984 were bad due to the boycotts - every medal has an asterisk next to it.
1972 obviously has its own issues, as mentioned.
Personally, I hated 2000 in Australia - every freaking event was on at 2 AM. At least the Chinese have the sense to time shift everything so that North American and European TV (who pay the lion's share of the rights) will get to watch more in prime time.