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...Dream" every night for broadcast a few hours later on Australia's Seven network. Due to popular demand, Seven also fed the show live through an internal Olympic television channel to the athletes' village and the International Olympic Committee. Day Five was dedicated "President's Day", for "his awesomeness," IOC President Jacques Rogge, who appeared on the show. A former surgeon, Rogge was asked by Roy whether he missed operating, and when the last time was that he had cut someone up. "This morning, actually," Rogge replied. "And was it a successful operation?" Roy asked. "It was an executive board...
...every single athlete competing here there are four members of the press who are eager to get the story back to their even more eager editors. According to the IOC there are 2,527 athletes here at the Games, and 8,418 people covering them - a spectacularly imbalanced figure that's merely disconcerting until you find yourself face to face with the media mob. Then it's terrifying...
...lamppost, bus and taxi is bedecked in official logos; billboards have been raised just to welcome the hordes of interlopers who will take over this city for the next 16 days. At the airport, the arrivals area is stuffed with "Welcome" signs and banners, multi-lingual greetings and beaming IOC representatives...
...Internation Olympic Committee (IOC) initially agreed only to allow the World Trade Center flag to be raised at the opening ceremony, afraid that the proposal to carry the flag in the parade of nations might violate IOC rules against political commentary. A compromise was reached just before midnight Tuesday...
Behind the bright lights and celebration, covered over by NBC and Michelle Kwan, there are dozens of little things and a few big things that the IOC needs to fix. Maybe cut some sports, or put the Winter Games back in the same years as the Summer Games. Spend less money on extravagance, or spend more money spreading winter sports during non-Olympic years. Do something...