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Originally Posted by yuriandrade
There’s nothing more cliché and annoying than b*tching about major sports events host anywhere outside the Anglosphere.
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You must not have been around during the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, which were generally seen as a poorly run Olympics, especially by the IOC. I'm not even talking about the Olympic Park bombing. The American media kind of downplayed it, but the media outside the US were all talking about the logistical problems that the Atlanta Olympics had. There were bus drivers literally getting lost taking athletes to their competitions; some even missed them. And the IOC hated the overly commercial Olympic vendor sites everywhere and "carnival atmosphere." There were also computer glitches and issues with accessibility with the international press.
Here's an old article from the Washington Post about the athlete transportation problems during the Atlanta Games:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archi...-7477bb485fce/