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Tokyo Take Two

HILARY BADGER

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne creative director

For sheer joy, visual originality and craft in Olympics ads, nothing comes close to Channel 4’s ‘We’re the Superhumans’ from 2016’s Paralympics. Well, definitely nothing in this selection. I enjoy the spectacle of sport, but the 2021 iteration of the Olympics seems obscenely self-indulgent and privileged, which these ads only reinforce.

BRIE STEWART

Wunderman Thompson Australia creative director — content

I believe the essence of good Olympics advertising is about understanding the role your brand plays strategically. Advertising that wins in this space

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