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2020 Olympic Games: tales mostly of triumph-by Nan Source:Island I watched on a sports channel and BBC snatches of the closing ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the concurrent celebrations in Paris with President Macron atop the Eiffel Tower watching the fly past of planes emitting streams of white, blue and red fumes; and the French Flag waved around. France will host the 2024 Games in Paris and we do hope with none of the heartburn and doubts that surrounded the Tokyo games; plus criticism too. Dousing the flame and handing over the flag The bounced around questions and doubts for much more than a year were prefaced with would, could and should the Games be held. Even when postponed by more than one year, the questions and doubts and overcoming opposition gave headaches to the Olympic organizing team and to athletes around the world plus Covid ...