ATLANTA - Turner Field / Olympic Stadium (49,586)

RobH · September 23rd, 2009, 06:49 PM

It's the first Olympics I remember and as a young child I enjoyed Atlanta 96. As far as I'm concerned it was the Games that got me interested in watching future Olympics. The spirit must therefore have been very much right, a boy as young as I was at that age doesn't notice the other things. In that sense, as far as I'm concerned, Atlanta got much more right than it got wrong.

I often wonder when talking about the essence of an Olympics, had I been 12 years younger, whether Beijing would have grabbed me in the same way. Who knows?

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September 23rd, 2009, 06:49 PM	#11
RobH SPURRED Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London / Kent Posts: 8,426 Likes (Received): 163	It's the first Olympics I remember and as a young child I enjoyed Atlanta 96. As far as I'm concerned it was the Games that got me interested in watching future Olympics. The spirit must therefore have been very much right, a boy as young as I was at that age doesn't notice the other things. In that sense, as far as I'm concerned, Atlanta got much more right than it got wrong. I often wonder when talking about the essence of an Olympics, had I been 12 years younger, whether Beijing would have grabbed me in the same way. Who knows?