And now I want that book. There's probably a whole other article about the imapct on sport itselfI have a book from 2012 on "The Olympics' Strangest Moments" which is rife with AH-worthy moments, including some of those mentioned here.
This should be part of a series that gets us right up to Tokyo 20201 at least
I'm hoping to be quicker at writing than thatDepends if the series is still running in 2024.
Or just a TL where the World's Fair was still treated as a bigger deal - although your suggestion might be one way to ensure that.I like the notion of the first two 1900s Olympics that the event coincided with a World's Fair being held in the same city concurrently. Makes one wonder about a situation where that link was maintained and the BIE held a quadrennial or biannual expositions at the same location as either Olympic events.
That's what I was thinking, in a TL where both World's Fairs and Olympics are seen as linked then they might share importance.Or just a TL where the World's Fair was still treated as a bigger deal - although your suggestion might be one way to ensure that.
I like the notion of the first two 1900s Olympics that the event coincided with a World's Fair being held in the same city concurrently. Makes one wonder about a situation where that link was maintained and the BIE held a quadrennial or biannual expositions at the same location as either Olympic events.
I like this idea, be cool too if there was any precedent in the Home Nations fielding individual teams for international sporting events.Until after WWI when the Soviets decide to revive it. Complete with the cultural events. Oh and since they're insisting that the Ukrainian and Byelorussian and Turkestani SSRs are nations with equal rights to compete you get this slightly mad situation where Britain goes 'well we've got the Dominions, that's basically the same yeah' and Germany goes 'yes and we've got Prussia and Austria and Bavaria and so forth' and France is rushing around pulling together teams for Luang Prabang and Tunisia rather than risk the idea of a separate team for Algerie.
I like this idea, be cool too if there was any precedent in the Home Nations fielding individual teams for international sporting events.
Things could get very interesting for such teams that aren't granted representation, like Algeria as you mention but also if the Cold War still happens situations like OTL China, Germany, or Korea.I think it's the sort of situation where giving 'Ireland' a team then could very rapidly see 'Scotland' and 'Wales' getting their own and the British Empire/Commonwealth Games just sort of never happens because Britain's merrily sponsoring the North Rhodesian Team in 1948.