Comments on: Olympic countdown: IOC president answers your questions

By: richard kroll

richard kroll — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:55:55 +0000

I look back to my youth when the Olympics were focused on track and field and swimming, restricted to amateurs, free from commercialism, free from doping, and (aside from '36) free from propaganda and nationalism. Then, the great heroes of the sport were people like Jim Thorpe.

By: richard kroll

richard kroll — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:48:20 +0000

If we must have the Metal Counts per Nation, can't we at least have it based on population? Metals per million population is a much more accurate measure of a nations success in sport. It also "levels the playing field".

By: Patrick Eagan

Patrick Eagan — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:39:21 +0000

Are the games really important to the world?
There are so many things that seem to be put on the back burner for just a few days..And millions of dollars spent on everything from napkins to equipment that is sold off garage style sales. (Vancouver)
The money could be put to better use for disaster relief around the world. There are very few people that can afford to attend the games, while the upper crust get free tickets to the events. Photo ops are really all the games seem to me. Almost every country in the world pays to some degree for the ten days.

By: Sandy Heeley

Sandy Heeley — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:16:54 +0000

Mr Rogge
Track cycling is such an exciting spectator sport including both endurance & sprinting that I can not imagine why so many of it's races especially for endurance were excluded from this years Olympics. Suprisingly it is a great venue for spectators to view the atheletes so close up & making just an Ominium is a joke for those little countries who may shine in these events. The marketing is right in front of you as you see how popular the 6 day circuit is in Europe. Do you think in the future you may consider including the Madison, Points & Scratch Race & of course individual pursuit in the next Olympics?

By: Mike Dearing

Mike Dearing — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:41:15 +0000

We, the worldwide viewers, know that China knowingly and intentionally cheated in the ladies gymnastics competition by using clearly underage girls, and we have seen how they compounded that act by an elusive cover-up scheme. To our regret, we saw the IOC finally agree to investigate the matter, which they then promptly buried. Both the seriousness of China;s duplicity, and the timidity of the IOC in addressing the issue and redressing the harm to the competitors from other nations – mainly the US – who followed the rules but were denied the medals they rightfully deserved must be addressed by the IOC. The IOC has not hesitated to take back medals from the US, and even a few from the old USSR. Are they too afraid of the Chinese monster to hold them accountable for their state-supported cheating? And what does that say about the sport and about the ability of viewers worldwide to expect fair and honest results?

By: William Boardman

William Boardman — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:24:45 +0000

Do you think the Olympic committee will be able to continue to hide it's complete financial corruption with it's ever larger media events ?
The era of "Bread and circuses" keeping us asleep may be coming to an end

By: Des

Des — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:06:19 +0000

If the IOC has a test for Synthetic Growth Hormone why is it that nobody ever tests positive for this widely used product?

By: J. Brown

J. Brown — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:58:09 +0000

Why, why, why, why, WHY did you ever remove Women's Softball from the Summer Games lineup? And WHEN will you return this immensely growing sport?!?!?!

By: Digheko Nesij

Digheko Nesij — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:25:42 +0000

Are you going to let Sochi Olympics happen even though it is a land of genocide filled with mass graves?

By: james honey

james honey — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:26:55 +0000

how much graft and black money do the olympic commitee recieve each year including so called gifts which are only bribes anyway