More than once, it is a case of making sure that no one has organised the Olympics better than us in recent decades. France decided to organise the biggest opening ceremony ever. And not in a stadium, but on the River Seine. And there will be a water part.
And this is where the most interesting part starts. Triathlon competitions (swimming, cycling, running) were to be held on the same river in the French capital. However, it has not been allowed to swim in it for 100 years. It would have been worth finding another river. Or move the swim to the Cote d’Azur.
But no, the Parisians wanted to make a difference! They spent €1.4bn to clean up the Seine, but tests carried out by the technology company Fluidion revealed that it is still unfit for swimming. It has three times the maximum allowable concentration of E coli. And now the French have three options: either turn the triathlon into a biathlon, or frantically prepare a new venue, or bring doctors from all over the country to the capital to take all the swimmers to hospitals as soon as they get ashore. The winners should be awarded in hospitals.
However, there are other opportunities for embarrassment: migrants living in tents in the city centre, the unstable political situation after the dissolution of parliament.
And how can we talk about the prestige of the Olympics as a whole? For example, the BRICS Games are taking place in Kazan. This event is organised by just a few countries, not the whole IOC. But we have nothing like what is going on in France. No dirty water, no disgusting odour, no bad logistics that would prevent athletes from showing the best they can.
Timofey Belov, ByeBiden