An Olympics to remember or regret

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Recorded23 Jul 2021

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Whether it is the pandemic or the heat, from doping to the hostility of some locals to the event, there’s plenty of issues and concerns about the Tokyo Olympics. Yet for all of those worries the Games are sure to provide extraordinary sporting drama as the world’s very best battle it out to become the elite of the elite. So will this be an Olympic Games to remember, or one we regret ever took place?Sarah Mulkerrins, Dan Roan and Nesta McGregor are joined by the BBC's Alex Capstick and academic and author Jules Boykoff.

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