I like each Olympics less and less, especially the summer ones.
Of course, sport at such high levels ends up repaying passion and curiosity, but the sporting spirit, which was at the basis of the creation of the Games, is now increasingly obscured.
In the meantime, this event is too politicized. With criteria that are always questionable, the presence is denied to countries at war, at least to those economically less interesting, given that there are large states - that are at war on several fronts - that have always participated without any problem. In my opinion, the Olympics must welcome all the athletes of the world without prejudice, because this principle is the pillar of this competition.
Even the economic and commercial aspect is now excessive, we are unable to recognize the Olympic experience of the athletes, valorize the technical aspects of their preparation, etc. Now we only see the final television sports product, while the sports culture takes a back seat, if it passes at all.
This year, the intention was also to highlight, right from the Opening Ceremony, the aspect of belonging to increasingly numerous sexual genders, which reached its peak with the women's boxing tournament which, naturally, had a predictable outcome.
Then, there were a lot of complaints about the Parisian organization of the Games, but there will always be these also because those who dare, do and propose, will always be criticized. Perhaps, the Olympics should be attributed to cities that need relaunching and new facilities, rather than cities already well equipped: but these are personal reflections, easily refutable.
The icing on the cake was the Seine and here, I must say, the French failed badly because it was clear that in a spectacular location like Paris, something had to be found to punish the height of the people without a bidet: what better than a river full of rats and feces to accomplish the mission?
I don't know if the Seine was really that polluted, but I know for sure that the Parisians would have done better to organize the open water races in other, more hygienically healthy places from the beginning.
