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#BidWeek: Brisbane's 2032 Olympic non-bid. Will they even open an envelope? #Brisbane2032 #IOCSession #Tokyo2020

By Robert Livingstone BidWeek – There will be no incessant lobbying in the Olympic Family hotel.  The adorable, nationally-dressed children’s choir will remain in the classroom.  The large entourage will not be preparing for that epic celebration, had it been granted, at that large hotel they would have made their own. That tense, nail-biting moment at IOC all-members Sessions when a city’s…

#BidWeek: The #IOC thought they could steal the #Brisbane2032 Olympics and hoped we wouldn't notice

Robert Livingstone They hoped we wouldn’t notice. In the midst of one of the greatest crises the Olympic Movement has ever faced, International Olympic Committee (IOC) executives found the opportunity to help themselves to a Games. Last Wednesday IOC President Thomas Bach made the announcement that Brisbane has been singled out as the only bid now being considered to host the 2032 Olympics,…

#BidWeek: The @NBA Boycott And What We Can Learn From Olympic Actions On Racial Injustice #BlackLivesMatter

Robert Livingstone

BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – Unprecedented, again.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) season came to a screeching halt Wednesday for the second time this year, and it has caused a ripple effect across sports in the United States.

When the league’s regular season leading Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court to face the Orlando Magic in a possible…

#BidWeek: #COVID19 Threat To #Tokyo2020 Exposes How Human Frailty Is Beyond #Olympic Comprehension

Robert Livingstone

BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – The Olympics in Tokyo and Sapporo have been canceled.

No, not for 2020 – but in 1940 when Japan’s Summer and Winter Games were called off amid World War II.

Similarly, Summer Games planned for Berlin in 1916 and London in 1944, as well as Winter Games in Italy’s Cortina d’Ampezzo in the same year were abandoned due to World War.

The…

#BidWeek: Why Salt Lake City Will Almost Certainly Host The 2034 Winter Olympics #SLC2034 #Sapporo2030

Robert Livingstone

BidWeek – Reporting From Toronto, Canada –  This week, gears were set into motion that will lead to Salt Lake City being elected to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2034.

Not in 2030.

Not even with a bid, per se.

The athletes of the world will be invited to Salt Lake City, Utah to celebrate the Games of the XXVII Olympic Winter Games.

That notion became clear to…

#BidWeek: Is India's 2032 Olympic Bid In, Or Out? Why Transparency Matters With New IOC Process #India2032 #Queensland2032 @BenFordham

Robert Livingstone

BidWeek – Reporting From Toronto, Canada – When information is scarce, a single sentence can be amplified exponentially – and mean different things.

That’s what happened this week when Australian radio presenter Ben Fordham asked International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates to list the potential rivals to the 2032 Olympic Games bid from Australia’s…

#BidWeek: The #IOC Has Changed, Shouldn't Anti-Olympic Activists Change Too? #NOympicsAnywhere

Robert Livingstone

BidWeek – Reporting From Toronto, Canada –  Recently, anti-Olympics activists have forced massive reform within the Olympic Movement, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has responded to concerns by significantly changing the way it selects host cities for the Games.

The activists have accomplished so many important goals, proving that their efforts are valid, change…

#BidWeek: Amid The Demise Of The #Olympic Bid Process, Reporting On Site Selection Is More Important Than Ever @AIPSmedia @IOCMedia

By Robert Livingstone

BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – Last week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) not only changed the Olympic bid process, the organization completely dismantled the decades-old method used to elect cities to host the Games.

By voting to remove just a couple of key sections from the Olympic Charter, IOC members at their 134th Session held in Lausanne on June 24…