Pandemic Olympiad
Jun 24, 2021
3 minutes
MATTHEW PINSENT
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The Olympic Games and thousands of the world’s best athletes find themselves stuck between two states, physically and emotionally. Just as the world’s population flits between despair and hope, so the Olympic family (as we are encouraged to call ourselves) pinballs between “this is going to happen” and “this can’t possibly happen”. Will all the training and preparation be redeemed at the most renowned sporting event on earth? Or does outright cancellation loom?
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