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2020 Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo....

  • 07-09-2013 09:25PM
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    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭


    ....just announced love on BBC and Sky News.

    I hope they sort out that Fukushima nuclear power plant by then so.:pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭pauliebdub


    I feel for Istanbul a bit, Tokyo was a bit of a safe choice and a bit soon after Beijing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,193 ✭✭✭✭IvySlayer


    pauliebdub wrote: »
    I feel for Istanbul a bit, Tokyo was a bit of a safe choice and a bit soon after Beijing.

    Istanbul has a lot of rioting going on


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    Delighted for Tokyo; not sure what Beijing has to do with it, mind :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭Lando Griffin


    Crap time we will have to get up early in the morning to watch the beach vollyball but then again I will be 50 by then eek:


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    IvySlayer wrote: »
    Istanbul has a lot of rioting going on


    5 attempts and 5 fails....according to Sky News.





    Someone just doesnt like Turkey so...:pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    Crap time we will have to get up early in the morning to watch the beach vollyball but then again I will be 50 by then eek:

    Never too old , as long as its the women's beach volleyball :P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Sure if they held it in Tralee I wouldn't have to travel half way round the world to see a bit of pole vaulting, feck it anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,340 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Crap time we will have to get up early in the morning to watch the beach vollyball but then again I will be 50 by then eek:

    I presume you have your schedule for Rio worked out? All those Brazilians.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭tosspot15


    paddy147 wrote: »
    I hope they sort out that Fukushima nuclear power plant by then so.:pac:

    Doesnt affect Tokyo at all. Not enough to worry about, to live in, or to visit.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    tosspot15 wrote: »
    Doesnt affect Tokyo at all. Not enough to worry about, to live in, or to visit.


    Well it was brought to the attention of the IOC when they had to make a decision...;)


    http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/madrid-eliminated-host-2020-olympics-20189544


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭tosspot15


    paddy147 wrote: »
    Well it was brought to the attention of the IOC when they had to make a decision...;)


    http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/madrid-eliminated-host-2020-olympics-20189544

    of course they had to consider it. however the media put a massive bullshít spin and hype on the whole situation. The radiation levels in Tokyo, and their tap water, are probably less dangerous than the air quality of Beijing, LA, Mexico, and all other large cities.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Crap time we will have to get up early in the morning to watch the beach vollyball but then again I will be 50 by then eek:

    Which means it will be totally irrelevant to you, since the oul sight will be gone by then.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    Tokyo is amazing, really have to go back there again, hopefully before 2020 :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Crea


    Well they have the Olympic staduim from the last time.

    Tokyo is amazing.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    tosspot15 wrote: »
    of course they had to consider it. however the media put a massive bullshít spin and hype on the whole situation. The radiation levels in Tokyo, and their tap water, are probably less dangerous than the air quality of Beijing, LA, Mexico, and all other large cities.



    Those words above is enough for anyone involved in an Olympic 2020 bid to be concerned about the matter so.;)


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    paddy147 wrote: »
    That word is enough for anyone to be concerned about the matter so;)

    I've been there twice since the disaster and my radiation levels are just fine :)


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    old hippy wrote: »
    I've been there twice since the disaster and my radiation levels are just fine :)


    You didnt come back looking like "ball-chin-boy" then,no??:pac::D


    Thank god for that then.:)




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭Adamantium


    Nobody does tech like the Japanese.

    Its probably the only reason I want it in Tokyo

    Opening Ceremony:

    Helicopters lowering a fully operational Gundam/Jaegar piloted by Hideo Kojima into the stadium to the sound of a Holographic Tupac.

    Stunned worldwide audience. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 670 ✭✭✭123 LC


    Crea wrote: »
    Well they have the Olympic staduim from the last time.

    Tokyo is amazing.

    Tokyo's in Japan....Beijing's in China :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭tosspot15


    Tokyo is one of the most fantastic cities I have ever visited in my life. It was practically unaffected by the 2011 earthquake, aside from a few swaying buildings and cracked pavements.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭tosspot15


    Adamantium wrote: »
    Holographic Tupac. miku

    Stunned worldwide audience. :D


    fixed that for you :)



    Shít, I promised myself I wouldnt let that part of me show on here :eek:


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    Id say the Tokyo opening and closing ceremonies will be something else allright.


    They had better be....after Brazils bikini clad amazonian women jiggling their bouncy bits all over the place.:D:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Crea


    123 LC wrote: »
    Tokyo's in Japan....Beijing's in China :o

    Tokyo have the Olympic stadium from 1964 :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,426 ✭✭✭testicle


    Crea wrote: »
    Tokyo have the Olympic stadium from 1964 :rolleyes:

    It's being reconstructed for the RWC in 2019. They'll be busy in Japan.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    paddy147 wrote: »
    ....just announced love on BBC and Sky News.

    I hope they sort out that Fukushima nuclear power plant by then so.:pac:

    My money's on Japan to get gold in the three legged race.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    Adamantium wrote: »
    Nobody does tech like the Japanese.

    Its probably the only reason I want it in Tokyo

    Opening Ceremony:

    Helicopters lowering a fully operational Gundam/Jaegar piloted by Hideo Kojima into the stadium to the sound of a Holographic Tupac.

    Stunned worldwide audience. :D

    you'd not be too far off going by some of the stuff you'd see in Shinjuku or Akihabara ;)



    Also, I predict Gackt will perform at the opening ceremony:



    which would be an awesome show, 'cos I'd never seen someone ride into the stadium on horseback, with the full band also riding horses, onto the stage to then perform. Gackt is amazing :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭SHOVELLER


    Tokyo is simply one of the most astonishing cities I have ever visited. So fantastic decision then!

    Rugby World Cup and Olympics back to back is enough of an excuse.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,033 ✭✭✭uch


    I hope they get some decent Beer sorted out for it

    21/25



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    Glad to hear they've bagged the games.

    I've been lucky enough to get to Tokyo & Nagoya on a handful of occasions & it's always delivered an absolutely exhilarating experience. It also feels inestimably more foreign than say Thailand or many other spots in SE Asia, to me anyhow.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    uch wrote: »
    I hope they get some decent Beer sorted out for it

    Some of the craft beer in Japan is incredible, and even some of the common beers you'd get on draft are pretty great. Yebisu and asahi black are prett tasty.


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