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Date: 28 July 2011 19:40:17
I do love watching sport, all sorts of sport, and I always love watching both the Summer and Winter Olympic competitions, so I hope that by the time we get to next year's opening ceremony, we're not all bored by the whole thing. There will be some people who are bored by it already. I didn't bother to go for tickets to be there in person. I think we'll probably get a better view on TV, although I have been to live tennis, and you cannot beat the atmosphere, I confess. I had a friend from Athens, who I went to university with when I did my MA degree. She had mixed feelings about the Games and the impact it had on the city. That's the last thing Greeks are thinking about by now, which is probably why I've not heard from her for some time. We need the Olympics to work well, cos we are going to lose out in terms of general tourism next year because everyone is going to think "Britain's going to be heaving everywhere, so we'll stay away". Everything at the Olympic park looks INCREDIBLE so we should be really proud of that. I really hope we can have a successful, productive and peaceful Games, conducted in the spirit that Baron Pierre De Coubertin invisaged; no money, no gamesmanship, no jealousy or bad losers, just the best competing for the medal and the honour. Something will go wrong, I reckon, but I really really hope it doesn't!