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Olympics countdown diary | 77 comments (77 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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Come on!  London deserved it.  The UK hasn't hosted any Olympic Games since 1948!  
by NYCO on Wed Jul 6th, 2005 at 08:01:39 AM EST
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Paris hasn't hosted since 1924!  Now who's deserving?  
by caldonia on Wed Jul 6th, 2005 at 08:08:45 AM EST
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The London 46 games were not planned but were hosted as an emergency measure after the war when no-one else would offer to hold them. They were based on the old White City stadium built for the British Empire Exhibition and games. There is still a legacy of that in every games as the exaxt distance of the marathon was then set down as the distance from the windows of Windsor Castle where the start was to the finish line in White City.

Now Chirac will have to eat his haggis.

by Londonbear on Wed Jul 6th, 2005 at 08:19:27 AM EST
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Can you make Bush eat haggis while in Scotland?  Come to think of it, he IS haggis.
by caldonia on Wed Jul 6th, 2005 at 09:35:55 AM EST
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France has had how many Olympic games over the past 50 years?  I'm talking about Winter as well as Summer.

The UK has had zilch Olympic games since 1948!

by NYCO on Wed Jul 6th, 2005 at 08:25:59 AM EST
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Olympics countdown diary | 77 comments (77 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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