Sunday, August 8, 2021

The COVIDLympics, Day Sixteen, Part Three: News Gathering Portion

Now for some of the final news gatherings, starting with Inside the Games:
  • The proposal to change the authority to remove sports from the Games from the IOC Session as a whole to the Executive Committee was passed unanimously at the Closing Session.  This appears to be (and was later admitted that it WAS) a shot across the bow to sports like weightlifting.  I'd add boxing to the list, if the IOC can only run it to that extent...   
  • To ensure at least one African was on the Athletes Committee of the IOC, Thomas Bach appointed rugby player Humphrey Kayange of Kenya to the Committee.
  • The Closing Ceremony was not without some hiccups.  Weather in Paris prevented French officials from incorporating a giant "Paris 2024" flag, which was planned to be flown from the top of the Eiffel Tower.
  • Unlike Tokyo, large crowds could be seen at the Paris portion of the Ceremony.  Three long years, people...  THREE LONG YEARS...   
  • Protestors of the Games were around the stadium before and during the Closing Ceremony.  Same caveats as the Opening -- they were allowed to protest, just don't obstruct anything.

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