Do you think the Olympic Games will be a success?

Friday 01st August, 07:55 AM JST

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yosun at 11:09 PM JST - 2nd August

What a rough question?

It depends on whom u ask this question! you ask atheletes? or fans? or businessmen? or the host city/country? the country got good/bad ranking? or u even want to ask "do this world should cease this activity forever to save energy and save the earth...." there can be 1 million answers!
ExPrinceska at 11:10 PM JST - 2nd August

Sarge, yes, I like men's volleyball. I have even a favourite, he is from team Brasil!!! and can you believe there are interesting men in team USA!!! volleyball players from USA are very handsome, love them all.
akaguma at 11:46 PM JST - 2nd August

only if it suits china
Sarge at 11:54 PM JST - 2nd August

Princess - What about the Japanese men's volleyball team? They did remarkably well in the World Grand Prix and they'll be in the Olympics as well...
ExPrinceska at 12:10 AM JST - 3rd August

They did remarkably well in the World Grand Prix

Sarge, are you joking?

BTW I support only Kitajima (swimming) and Murofushi (hammer) and the men judoists.

they'll be in the Olympics as well...

Not for long because they are in one group with one very important team!
ExPrinceska at 12:26 AM JST - 3rd August

Sarge, you cannot convince me that Japanese men's volleyball team has any considerable success. There are many teams better than it: USA, Brasil, Italy, Bulgaria, Russia, France, Finland, Argentina, Spain etc and etc. If Japan beats any them, ok, I can recognize a little partial success. Sorry, for the volleball team to the mods.
Kwaabish at 05:01 AM JST - 3rd August

PR wise for the Chinese government, it's already a failure. The only remaining issue is that the athletes actually get something out of it.

The IOC, the Chinese goverment and the sponsors come out looking like idiots.
kjunluc2 at 09:58 AM JST - 3rd August

******How can sports events be a success? If they make it to the finish I guess you could say they were a success.

If some contestants choke to death on Beijing smog maybe it will be a failure.

As for Bush, he's a poor harbinger of democracy.
Beelzebub at 11:39 AM JST - 3rd August

I guess the answer won't be known one way or the other until the results of the athletes' urine tests are announced. I just read that they're still disqualifying gold medal winners from the games in 2000!
Taka313 at 11:52 AM JST - 3rd August

GW,

Actually, I've felt the same way. I don't really have any concrete reason for believing so, but I have a bad feeling about these games in my gut.

Taka
TheCode at 10:41 PM JST - 3rd August

I hope they will be a success. Unfortunately, I long for the days when they only allowed amateur athletes to compete. It was so much more inspiring to see someone young and raw trying to compete and achieve. These days, it's all business. It's such a shame.
OssanULTRA at 01:21 AM JST - 4th August

"It's not like we will know anyway. If you are just able to watch the coverage supplied by NHK, we will be lucky if we get to see any other countries athletes. Watching the Olympics here in Japan has to be one of the worst things about living here. And heaven forbid somebody wins a gold medal, because that will be played over and over at nausea."

Here in the U.S. I have the choice of watching NBC or nothing at all if I want to see the Olympics. And I'm not going to get to see any other countries athletes unless they are competing with us. And I'm going to get to know every detail of every athletes childhood and their pets, while I'm getting pounded by the cororate sponsers. And heaven forbid someone wins a gold medal (and we will), because that will be played over and over ad nauseum.
OssanULTRA at 01:25 AM JST - 4th August

Depends entirely on how one defines "success". If it means that the games will start, there will be competition, it will end, yes it will be a success. If it means that China will have been able to put her best face forward to the world, no, it's already a failure. If it means did the IOC make a good choice in choosing Beijing, no they ought to be fired. If it means will lots and lots of foreign visitors come to Beijing, then no it's a failure.
imagawa at 01:44 AM JST - 4th August

Taka

I agree, I don't have any real reason for expecting something, other than the Chinese being the Chinese, but I am half waiting for something to go seriously wrong.

These are the people that supply the 100 yen shops, the todo cien shops, the world's provider of cheap crxp & that alone should be a worry.

Mid-August headline;

"Birds nest disaster"

It's a possible.
GreatDane at 03:16 AM JST - 4th August

well I guess my opinion has already been stated very nice by people like OssanUltra and others: Just a few comments to two of you anyway:

FairandBalanced at 08:34 AM JST - 1st August

The Olympics will not succeed.

China should have asked the US to take over the running of the games. The athletes visitors and media would all feel fre and relaxed. Without freedom the games cannot be considereda success.

All future games should be held in the US, noone else has our ability to provide facilities and high standards.

well.. was that seriously meant???

and also to

ChimpsAhead at 03:26 AM JST - 2nd August

> MPNiea

If China behave like that, you can be sure the US will put an immediate stop to it. China knows the US is the only superpower, they are afraid of and also in awe of us.

If we give them an order, they will obey, believe it!!!

I seriously doubt that: Have you checked resently who the US owes money to?

If I remember correctly, Chine has paid for about 20 % of all the foreign loans the US has made; Japan 25% (btw)...