Winter Olympics: What now for 2022 after Norway pulls out?
And then there were two.
Norway's decision to pull out of the bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in Oslo leaves the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with only Almaty in Kazakhstan and Beijing in China to choose from when it meets next year.
Many will see that as not much of a choice at all.
- BBC News, 2nd Oct 2014
What now for 2022 after Norway pulls out? What now?! "What now?", they ask. Clearly whoever is at the BBC lack imagination; lacks foresight; lacks vision; lacks a sense of purpose.
When you think of the truly great cities of the world, what do you think of? Paris? New York? London? Tokyo? No... there's only one that you need think of; only one city who should step up and be counted on the world's stage. There is one city that the world doesn't know that it wants; doesn't know that it deserves; doesn't know that it truly needs to host the The XXIV Olympic Winter Games and that city is...
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DUBBO!
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No snow? Don't worry - climate change and technology will soon sort that out.
No mountains? Don't worry - cities like Sydney and Melbourne create so much rubbish that we'll be able to build some in quick time.
Biathlon? Don't worry - we've got roos, emus and feral pigs which provide plenty of targets.
Athletes' Village? Don't worry - there's a Big 4 Caravan Park right there on the Newell Highway.
Bobsled Track? Don't worry - with a bit of modification, Dubbo Greyhound Racing Track could easily do the job.
Ice Skating? Don't worry - Winter Magic Ice Skating Rink can hold the hockey and the figure skating and for speed skating and the like, there's plenty of carparks around town that we could put some linoleum on.
This is Australia - if we have a few problems that need to be ironed out, we'll sort them out. This is the nation which invented Wi-Fi, Dual Flush Toilets, the Flame Ionisation Detector and wool clothing with a permanent crease. We also invented the inflatable aircraft escape slide and so if worst comes to worst, we could even build the whole of the Winter Olympic Games out of inflatables and bouncy castles - that'll make the downhill moguls interesting but just think of the ski-jump!
If all of this sounds like a daft idea, remember this is Australia; the same country in which you can eat both animals on the coat of arms; the same country which put its national capital in the middle of nowhere and in a place so unpleasant that sending politicians there is like some strange exile; and the same country which chose green and gold for its national sporting colours, which makes us look like refugees from the Emerald City. Ha Ha Ha, Ho Ho Ho and a couple of tra la la's, that's how we laugh the day away in the Merry Old Land of Oz!
What now for 2022 after Norway pulls out? Don't worry! Even if we don't have all the answers right now, it'll be the most memorable Winter Olympic Games of all time.
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