Step by step, jump by jump, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are coming to an end. In just a couple of days, the athletes will abandon their 'anti-sex' cardboard beds and return to their normal regime. If we consider tirelessly maxing out your human capabilities normal, that is.
So, we at Bored Panda decided it's the perfect time to put together a new list of memes that sum up this amazing spectacle. Continue scrolling to check out the pictures and catch up on the series here.
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In 2013, when it bid for the 2020 Summer Games, Tokyo estimated it would spend $7.3 billion. However, by summer 2020, an Oxford economist told the Associated Press that Tokyo’s costs had already more than doubled to $15.84 billion and became the most expensive Summer Games on record. Local organizers have disputed that number but they admitted in December 2019 that costs had risen to $12.6 billion.
Competing estimates from a national audit board and national newspaper are even higher, saying it could be nearly $30 billion.
Of course, these Olympics are special. The city had to postpone the Games for a year after Covid-19 made hosting the international event impossible, and to top it all off, the city won’t receive the tourism boom that usually accompanies the event.
But a 2020 paper by Oxford economist Bent Flyvbjerg discovered an interesting fact: "every Olympics since 1960 has run over budget, at an average of 172 percent in real terms, the highest overrun on record for any type of megaproject."
In other words, there might be something wrong with the Olympics bidding process as a whole.
As Vox pointed out, some of the supposed benefits of hosting the Olympics have come under scrutiny by locals and economists alike. Economists Victor Matheson and Robert Baade outlined the potential benefits as "the short-run benefits of tourist spending during the Games; the long-run benefits of the ‘Olympic legacy’ which might include improvements in infrastructure and increased trade, foreign investment or tourism after the Games; and intangible benefits such as the ‘feel-good effect’ or civic pride."
The Games can also provide a brief employment benefit and stimulative effect. But it's not as significant as we might think: "Overwhelmingly, the studies show actual economic impacts that are either near-zero or a fraction of that predicted prior to the event," Matheson and Baade write.
Pacific University professor Jules Boykoff criticized the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for running itself like a "profit-gobbling cartel."
"For too long, the IOC has claimed that the city doesn’t have to build new infrastructure, that it’s the city’s decision. Of course, host cities have to build new venues if they actually want to host the Games. Whitewater kayak venues don’t grow on trees," Boykoff wrote in a 2017 Los Angeles Times column. "In truth, the IOC chips in for operating costs by essentially laundering money from its lucrative corporate sponsorships and television rights deals. That’s all well and good, but it’s time the organization stepped up and contributed to infrastructure costs as well."
As the Tokyo Olympics plays out in virtually empty stadiums, the IOC will continue raking in profits but it's the Japanese people who will have to pay the bill.
Besides, aren't they supposed to hold those guns with just one hand? Not sure but I thought I saw some comments about it
Yes they are. This person has never seen this sport before it seams.
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Just FYI, this is a fantastic example of "mansplaining." The dude is wildly out of his land yet feels entitled to give advice no-one asked for about an elite athlete who just happens to be female. It's not "just trying to be helpful," it's cringey and patronizing. Seeing as how so many people don't understand the concept, I'm going to point to this shining example and hope for a few light bulb moments.
... And her stance says it all.... She's good and she knows it! I love her confidence!!!!
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Here. We. Go. Again. It's against the rules for the pistol competition athletes in the Olympics to use both hands! Case closed.
There was a whole article about this in Boredpanda a few days ago. They know what they're doing
Unless you are a professional shooter, you have no place commenting on if this is being done correctly!
Right...because she's never used a gun before...right. Her stance says all I can say about his comment "I don't give a f****"
Actually putting the hand you're not allowed to use in your pocket is a common and good method of keeping it to one side and making sure it doesn't interfere with your balance (or go anywhere that gets you disqualified). Everyone has a different stance because the way you focus on your aim is different (everyone's eyes are different), so whatever stance feels good and gets you results, is a good stance.
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And the award for the most embarrassing mansplaining in 2021 goes to...
Holey crap! First time seeing an olympic sharpshooting pistol. That grip is HUGE! Im sure they're designed to be ergonomic for the shooter and it obviously works great for her( gold medal and all) but its almost cartoonish how it looks.
competition guns dont look like normal guns because they are made to be balanced.
Even if it was incorrect holding of a gun, if she's comfortable and more able to shoot accurately like this then who cares? As it is, almost every other shooter uses this position as they need to relax and to keep their heart rate low as it can effect their results
If you think you understand more about how a gun works than the OLYMPIAN ATHLETE holding the gun for her event, you're mansplaining. It may not have been his *intention* but he was still doing it.
Just curious - when a woman does it, is it still "mansplaining?
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It's a pellet gun so basically no recoil. This is pretty standard stance for this sport.
It's an air pistol. I've had a dozen or so since I was a kid. The only 'recoil' is from the mechanism discharging the air - some cameras have more 'trigger movement'.
1. it's an airpistol so 2. virutally no recoil even if 3 they werent' designed for minimal recile and 4. you can be taught a single-hand stance, it's just not great for rapid-fire semi-auto real-life pistols. So, no, this isnt' style: It's the MANDATED POSTURE for this event.
The stance helps with steadiness against the beating of the heart, and relaxes the shooter. This woman had been shooting since she was 9 years old. Her stance is not uncommon for this event. The guns used have very little recoil, about as much as an air pistol.
What recoil? It's a .22 besides that so the preferred and better stance for single shot without time pressure
What is he to say it has huge recoil? Even if it was a gun that fired 9mm, it would have low recoil. Like, the size of the gun doesn't determine recoil lol
actually sAiNt nAtHiEl this stances keeps you relaxed or smth and makes sure ur heartbeat doesn't mess up ur aim
I'm f'n screaming lol. Yeah dude who knows absolutely nothn' about competitive shooting wants to post without ever looking at how this sport is done.
The most accurate shot a person can make is when they have a very relaxed stance. She certainly obtained zen here. Good job! Also...shut up Nathiel. Nobody needs your lame ass mansplain.
because she is from school of Wolf or Bear hmm and because she follow rules for this discipline
You can't see it in this picture, but the person next to her is in the exact same stance, with her hand in her pocket. Wow! 2 women doing the wrong thing at the Olympics. Who'da thunk it.
she's in the Olympics and $aint Nathiel think that they know better about the sport she's playing?
Mansplaining to an Olympian their sport. Tell me you mansplain without telling me you mansplain.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/olympics.com/en/featured-news/olympic-shooting-air-rifle-3-positions-rapid-fire-air-pistol-shotgun-trap-skeet
If you see the view down the line of shooters, they're ALL standing like this.
Reminds me of one time I was in a café in Paris next to a guy reading a book on how to learn swimming. I don't understand why these books exist
The runners who are behind him crossing the finish line! In the 200m this Olympics he beat Usain Bolt's speed for that distance. And really the only reason Bolt won the 100m was because he is taller and could lean forward further. Ya, gonna get down voted on that one. But he's our guy! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
After their FIRST tournament together <3 https://twitter.com/PodolakKamila/status/1421816483563384838
They're still considered the 2020 olympics, they were just delayed. It's not like every olympic game was shifted, the next summer olympics are in 3 years now.
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Ah yes Asian last names are so funny because it means something else in the English language.
And you are Chinese using a fake name. Taiwan is an independent country, it rocks you suck ;)
Load More Replies... After their FIRST tournament together <3 https://twitter.com/PodolakKamila/status/1421816483563384838
They're still considered the 2020 olympics, they were just delayed. It's not like every olympic game was shifted, the next summer olympics are in 3 years now.
Load More Replies... Ah yes Asian last names are so funny because it means something else in the English language.
And you are Chinese using a fake name. Taiwan is an independent country, it rocks you suck ;)
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