As weird a choice as Squaw Valley might have been, dude pulled it off and set himself up for huge success afterwards, so... cap tipped.

@lamelists

Ай бұрын

Oh totally agree 100%, that's why it went at the top of the list, such a baller move. I had to buy a second hat just to tip another one

Might as well add Brisbane 2032 to this list. Our government assured us it would be cost neutral with minimal outlay but now all we hear about is how we have to spend billions on new stadiums. It's already dumpster fire that no one wants.

@lamelists

Ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that, seems to be a common thing with hosting the Olympics

@BrickNewton

Ай бұрын

Our Mayor in Christchurch New Zealand wants to host the commonwealth games. We are struggling with big rates rises over the next few years, the city isn't even half rebuilt, the roads are a mess, the swimming complex is overdue and over budget and at this rate will never be finished but the Mayor thinks it's 9k to waste our money on it.

@naedynot1

Ай бұрын

@@BrickNewton Is this the 2026 Com Games? I heard it might end up in Glasgow

@BrickNewton

Ай бұрын

@@naedynot1 the 2030 games. But by then our rates will be so high no one will be afford to live here let alone buy a ticket. I can't see our city being finished by then to be honest. it's over 13 years since the quakes and we are far from being totally rebuilt

@lamelists

Ай бұрын

I didn't realize there was still so much to do and rebuild in Christchurch after the earthquakes! Maybe hosting the Commonwealth Games would force the powers that be to finally get that work done?!

The IOC selects the host city 7 years before the actual games. So, Moscow and Los Angeles had been selected as host cities long before the events leading to the boycotts. The IOC may have its faults but it can hardly be held responsible for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

@lamelists

27 күн бұрын

While the immediate cause of the boycott was the Afghanistan invasion, the Cold War had still be raging for decades with ups and downs in relations, so it was almost inevitable these would be contentious choices in back-to-back games

@paulojrneto

13 күн бұрын

In fact, Los Angeles was the only candidate city for the 1984 Olympics, so it's not like it was much of a choice.

Finland was actually known for decades as the best distance runner factory in the world. The track meets there were legendary

@lamelists

28 күн бұрын

Paavo Nurmi, Finland had one of the GOAT's!

@chrisphillips348

28 күн бұрын

@@lamelists and Lasse Viren , who won the 5K & 10k in 72, repeats that in 1976 and finished 5 in the marathon! Frank Shorter said it was obvious he was blood doping! He would get beat in non Olympic years, then become invincible every four years. They also had a bunch of world championship gold winners until 1980

@chrisphillips348

28 күн бұрын

@@lamelists By the way, that’s not a Finland race jersey I’m wearing in that Marathon, but a Nike custom made blue Red Wings racing shirt I got!!

@lamelists

28 күн бұрын

The Finns did indeed have some incredible distance runners, Viren especially was wild in '72 and '76

@lamelists

28 күн бұрын

Sick shirt, do I see the Dodgers on the side as well?

I don't know if counts but the 1984 winter olympics in Sarajevo then Yugoslavia the host country only won one medal!!! The fact after the events end and later the buildings and other structures are abandoned is really unfair not to mention when they relocate populations to built one 😮

@lamelists

Ай бұрын

Sarajevo was indeed a strange one, I'd definitely include it for a part 2 if I make that video

Nice, got to admit, was interested to see if you would say my home town of Salt Lake City, I might have had to defend my City's honor😤😆

@lamelists

Ай бұрын

When I was researching this video, there was surprisingly little bad to say about those particular games. Even read that the Games finished with budgetary surplus of US$40 million which was used to form the Utah Athletic Foundation. Kudos Salt Lake City!

@cinematiccatastrophe8338

Ай бұрын

@@lamelists Yeah, we only had the garden variety scandal, bribing some IOC officials to award us the games and what not. The LDS church actually wanted to use the games as a platform to advertise and showcase their religion to the world, but all that was shelved when the September 11th attacks occured just 5 months before the games and instead the games were used to rally the American people. Also I don't know how closely you follow American Politics of the last decade or so, but this was the games that launched the political career of Mitt Romney (2012 Republican presidential nominee, one of the few GOP members very critical of Donanld Trump) Romney through his connections became the chief planner and director of the games, and as you pointed out, the 2002 games were a huge financial and ceremonial success, Romney was catapulted to a Senator almost immediately after.

@lamelists

Ай бұрын

Fascinating stuff, thanks for the background. I love how we all just acknowledge that there are "garden variety" IOC bribing scandals, just par for the course!

@manueltapia1859

Ай бұрын

Saddly this olympics are most know for bribed judges like with the figure skating couples medals 😮

What about Sierra Nevada (Spain) the Winter Olympics it didn’t snow so they had the opening ceremony and the only events that could run were the ice skating I have been up there I have seen the athletes village so I know it happened I can’t find any information online but I know it happened my dad remembers it and I have been if you are ever in Granada it’s well worth going up there the views are phenomenal

@lamelists

28 күн бұрын

I see reference to a couple failed attempts to secure the Olympics but they did win the hosting rights to the World Ski Championships in 1996. Is that perhaps it? I don't know the area myself, but by all accounts it looks and sounds amazing

@Doogerie

28 күн бұрын

I don't know I was told it was the Olympics but dude it's butifull I have only been in the Summer ski resorts out of sessions are kind of cool it's also a bit cycling destination.

@lamelists

28 күн бұрын

@@Doogerie Sounds wicked, I'll have to throw it on the (ever growing) list of places to visit

Can't wait for an update to this video after the Paris games this summer, it will be a debacle (I'm French)

@lamelists

Ай бұрын

I've been reading about the cleanup of the Seine, I was hoping that was the worst of it but perhaps not?

@geraldcormeraie1009

Ай бұрын

@@lamelists yeah this one is pretty tough, apparently it's no up to standards still... But the biggest concerns are security and, of course, strikes. We have had a very tough few months (and by months I mean years) and it's one social issue after another. The farmers strike ended a couple of months ago but they are still unhappy and I would see them using the olympics as a platform. France isn't at peace at the moment, socially speaking, I'm afraid aa lot could go wrong, the Olympics aren't a good idea at this point.

@lamelists

Ай бұрын

Shoot that's tough to hear, especially for a wonderful city like Paris. Hope they can square it all away in the next couple of months

@judithingham4319

Ай бұрын

Paris will be fine. We were pessimistic about the Games in London in 2012 but they went very well. Afterwards you will feel proud that Paris did it so well.

@maikotter9945

29 күн бұрын

@@judithingham4319 The Olympic´s Summer Games, of London, in the year 2012, where easy to hold! Tennis at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in Wimbledon ° The IOC mandated, that the players, had to play in the coloured outfits, of their national tennis federations! ° The IOC forbad, that the AELTC´s hawk, would chase after the mice and rats! Rowing in Eton Cross Bowing at the Lord Cricket Ground, in London ...

I had never heard of the problems with the 1904 Olympics. I read the Wikipedia page and, holy shit, he wasn't kidding about the Marathon being a shit show!

@lamelists

27 күн бұрын

It's insane. I may just do a video on JUST the 1904 Olympics, it was wild

There was nothing wrong with Helsinki. The population size of the city is irrelevant; presumably the national Government helped with the costs and as you say, there were good sized crowds in the stadium, so guess what? Finns and others travelled from elsewhere to Helsinki for the games. And there are many of us in the world who are more comfortable doing sport when the temperature is in the sixties rather than the nineties. And Helsinki is not a lot further north than Stockholm, which has also hosted the games. That said, because of the much greater expectations and costs now, hosting the Games is becoming less politically affordable by democracies. I expect very soon the Games will be bought by one of the Arab oil-producing nations keen to sportswash their reputation.

@lamelists

Ай бұрын

In the end, Helsinki pulled off an incredibly successful Olympics, full credit to the Finns who made it a memorable one!

A need you to fix your audio bro.

@lamelists

28 күн бұрын

Appreciate the feedback, I'm a new content creator and I haven't yet updated my equipment. It's coming though, I promise