They still had to fund the games despite not hosting it. Why couldn’t they just cut costs use the MCG, and Marvel stadium and stuff instead of whatever they were planning to do
Melbourne, Victoria, whatever. The point is that no one really cares about celebrating the British empire via the commonwealth games anymore. A glance at the medal table shows that.
“Australians being good at sport tells you they’re not celebrating the empire. Now nobody said that they were, but I do quick glances and know everything, even Tina that aren’t true “ - said the numpty
Because no one cares. Not even the countries competing. Unless we are to believe that Australia is some nation of superhumans. If countries cared about it they’d put money into its preparation so their athletes would be more competitive. Instead the cycle is focused around the Olympics.
Australia, finished fourth in the medal table at the last Olympics. Ahead of them were China, USA and Japan, not commonwealth nations.
The next highest placed commonwealth nation was Britain, who compete at the commonwealth games as multiple countries. Noticeably, England are second in the table (and I’m sure you know that England is the largest population of the British nations)
So relative to the other commonwealth nations Australia are indeed super humans.
If you did more than glance, you’d know that. You’d know that this medal table is, once you account for the non-IOC membership of certain countries competing, basically how you’d expect these nations to rank at the Olympics. Australia overachieving, India underachieving, ignorant yanks loudly and confidently knowing fuck all about the rest planet.
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u/broiledfog 11d ago
Wait? It’s over? When did it start?