Start at the top, with the Switzerland-based International Olympic Committee, which lords over the Games with an amazing tone deafness. They need to realize it’s not all about the money, not all about the galas. “Let’s face it, the Olympics need some serious changes right now,” she said. The recommendations she gave echoed what I heard with drumbeat regularity from readers:No more Olympics hosts with terrible human rights records. The Tokyo Games will cost about $15.4 billion, roughly twice what was expected and more than any other Summer Olympics.

Source: International New York Times July 05, 2021 03:56 UTC