Olympic Boxing Recap

By Joe Koizumi

The Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, came to an end yesterday (Sunday) with some 11,000 athletes participating from 205 countries.

We watched good losers as well as good winners therein. The Olympic Games provided us with entertainment, excitement and enjoyment. All games, however, were held with no audience in the empty arenas or stadiums.

The IOC and our Japanese government describe the Games as successful, but how can we say successful under such circumstances that we, despite being a host country, couldn’t even witness the games directly at the venues?

Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic was developing worse day after day with more than 5,000 newly infected patients in Tokyo last Thursday. The Games, from July 23 through August 8, all took place amid a state of emergency in Tokyo with all the athletes actually confined in the “bubble.” We truly enjoyed the Olympic Games but must take care of ourselves to avoid the fifth wave of the pandemic with more people getting vaccinated.

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  • I am very proud of Team USA – Boxing !!

    3 Silver – 1 Bronze.
    Great Job, Boxers.

    Speaketh … Mort.

  • I am getting sick & tired of my red trunks. Time for an upgrade.

    Speaketh … Mort.

  • ” We truly enjoyed the Olympic Games but must take care of ourselves to avoid the fifth wave of the pandemic with more people getting vaccinated.”

    24/7 fear porn vaccination propagands.

    Most of those gettin sick with anything are the “fully vaccinated”, and that’s just the beginning!

    • Meanwhile amongst “the lords and masters”:

      “Party footage from former President Barack Obama’s 60th birthday bash at his $12 million estate in Martha’s Vineyard shows hundreds of maskless guests at the celebration on Saturday night.

      Last week, a spokeswoman for the former president said the Obamas had decided to “significantly scale back the event to include only family and close friends,” due to “the new spread of the Delta variant.” Video of the party, however, tells a different story.

      While Americans are being told to keep their events small, “wear a mask with two or more layers,” and stand at least six feet apart from each other, the former president was caught on video dancing maskless among hundreds of also maskless party guests…”

  • “with more people getting vaccinated”
    The fully vaccinated are still catching, spreading and dying of COVID-19. Why keep repeating this false hope? Mask and vaccines are proven NOT to work against this virus.
    Is the virus real? Absolutely!!! The masks and vaccines are just making a few people rich and the majority in worse health.

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