Winter Olympics - whose going to watch

Winning at any cost? No

No

No

I feel people like Clare Balding should use their influence more to speak out against the regime, rather than going to bask in their own fame, just as I feel she should have done at Sochi. I won't be watching and believe more countries should have boycotted them

I doubt I will watch this year. I agree with those saying we should have boycotted it. We need to make a stand. I used to like the skating and curling but don't enjoy watching the "snowy" sports such as skiing, snowboarding.

I might watch a bit. I like the skating.

Not me.

No and I don’t think we should be there.

No i agree with others that it shoild not have been held- coronavirus is still virulant, so no.and if chinese people dont watch it or mention it why on earth are they holding it this year anyway. I used to watch the skating on tv as a kid/growing up. I watched Torville& Dean make history.?

Barmy for environmental and aesthetic reasons to make snow just on the bits they are competing on. Pity they couldn’t be held just in those countries which have a winter sports tradition, funded pro rate by a pool of countries competing depending on the number of athletes they send and some agreed measure of their ability to afford it, eg GDP?? I’m not best places to judge what that should be, but clearly countries which can only muster a few competitors because they don’t have the necessary climate or tradition should not be expected to contribute as much, eg the Jamaican bobsleigh team. And split any profits the same way.
Chinese human rights is a whole other issue, elite sportspeople whose platform this is don’t deserve to be deprived of their small lifetime window of opportunity to compete just because a country abuses human rights. And the Chinese people won’t even get to watch it!

*should not

Sent before correcting. Rata not rate.
And I doubt the Chinese politicians will give a fig whether we watch it or not

I am with Pepper59, HettyBetty and others in saying NO definitely not. We should have boycotted.

It makes NO sense whatsoever to hold the WINTER olympics in a coubtry without the requirements- i.e actual snow and ice! Its just madness.?

I will boycott it too. I don't understand it when people say sport should be separate from politics. You won't get much of a response from rogue nations if you don't boycott something that matters to the people. Far better it is sport than taking food from their mouths. I realise that you are supposed to earn from the Olympics but I suspect it is more of a loss leader.

No. I don’t know why we didn’t boycott in protest. Sport is just as political as everything else, otherwise why bother flags? Being there just gives their human rights abuses the thumbs up.

*country.sorry buttons are playing up.

HettyBetty

All the snow is artificial, made at a huge environmental cost. Perhaps if there is nowhere suitable with real snow it is time to discontinue the Winter Olympics.

Is there usually snow where it is being held? Or did they choose to have it somewhere without snow? Which is ludicrous.

After a lovely holiday in Austria and Germany, when we visited many Ski resorts, I am hooked on watching winter sports. I will get much knitting done over the next 2 weeks while watching Winter Olympics.

I won't be watching but then I never watch the Olympics wherever they are.

Just watched a combo skiing shooting event. Amazing! Their stamina then accuracy and ability to even hold a rifle steady is quite extraordinary. Wow.

Hmmm.......If countries did not go to other countries due to what they perceive as political issues (as put in their press), then I think there would be less than a handful of countries that could ever stage anything. And, the UK would most definitely not rank amongst those.

I take it that in this way ALL trade deals should be cancelled from countries that do not live up to our HIGH ideals? No flights or boats to go to these. Mind you, on this basis many, many countries would be cancelling their trade deals with UK!!!

The original ethos of the Olympic Games was all about the athletes. All disagreements, wars etc. should be set aside and everything should be about the athletes. So yes, I will be watching in the spirit of the games.
I don’t agree will the policies of many countries, but that isn’t what the Games are about.

No, I won’t be watching. China has an appalling record on treatment of humans and animals and I do believe the covid virus was a lab leak. It should never have been allowed to hold the Winter Olympics, full stop!

It was great to see our local ski champion Dave Ryding, take gold in the slalom races earlier this week. He has worked so hard to win.