Reset

With traning and nutrition being top priorities of athletes for the London Olympic Games, the first games in London since 1948 provide an interesting challenge for the athletes from the various competing countries.

The run-up events have not provided that glitz and glamour tuning up that has previously been felt in the series of sports.  Injuries have plagued a number of athletes and baton dropping in some relays have changed the fate of national pride.  The top four fastest 100m men's runners are from a world-renowned island in the Caribbean (3) while there is one from the United States. The women have improved their times although there have been some changes among the top women from 2004 to 2012.  Other events have gained persons of greater notiriety including swimming and diving with the United States and Britain represented by Ryan Lochte and Tom Daley respectively.

The sport of tennis will be played at the home of the Championships Wimbledon.  There the best in the world should be looking to improve the status of the sport in the Olympics with golf set to be introduced in 2016 as an Olympic sport in Rio de Janiero Brazil.  

The reset button is represented by a still strong media and banking influence present in the United Kingdom. Many of the best scripted shows have been translated for use in other cultures, the exact quality is for others to ascertain.  However, the athletes who are representing their countries must have a sense of decorum befitting the situation as their abilities could be further tested under adverse weather conditions.  The quest for that elusive gold medal does not compare to competing for one's country, an tiring but necessary good performed by some athletes whose natural talents lend to the sport.  The representing is a good thing that stand the test of time and hopefully will be relevant in the very least to the families who have participated.

Much work was done to ensure that the facilities to ensure usability and unlike the Commonwealth Games in India that was poorly attended because the stadium was only built last minute.  The coinciding of many post-colonial country celebrations (as mentioned in previous posts) should only serve to provide a contrast that could make an interesting games.  The book, 'The Power and the Glory' was recently released and hopefully if one display in London should make an interesting read for prospective patrons.  Idyllically, there will be a reset after the games end on August 12, representing a sort of post-colonialism that will have a weird feeling as a senior games or World Cup in Europe is unlikely for some time.  Maybe Madrid 2020 but that is anyone's guess.  The reset approaches.