Dec. 25, 2021 10:53 pm JST
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Mr Kipling
Olympics...
They came, went, did anyone really pay much attention?
Yes, many in the world was curious how Japan could pull it off.
Staging an Olympics during the worst pandemic in a century? There’s a widespread perception that it couldn’t happen in a better place than Japan....Japan is one of the few places in the world that could even consider pulling off the high-stakes tightrope walk that the Tokyo Games represent. (AP)
And Japan indeed successfully pulled it off. Superspreading, feared by some, never happened. Japanese people stayed home to watch their own athletes winning 27 gold medals, the third after US and China. That's the legacy of the Tokyo Olympics 2021.
Before Tokyo Olympics Games (January): Only 27% supported the Olympics
After Tokyo Olympics Games (August): 64% supported the Olympics
This stunning turnaround shows nothing but success in the mind of Japanese people: they were not disappointed.
You really cannot compare this one with another Olympics due to the pandemic situation. Still,
The good news trumpeted by NBC: 17 nights of prime time coverage on the broadcast network ranked just behind Sunday Night Football as the second-most-watched show of the 2020-21 TV season. Viewers streamed a record 5.5 billion minutes of events across social media and online platforms such as NBCOlympics.com, the NBC Sports app and the streaming service Peacock. Those figures make the Tokyo Games the most-streamed Olympics ever... (NPR)
