The early signs may not look too promising but in just over 100 days you will be giving yourself up to the excitement – so why not get in the mood now?And so to the giant countdown clock. Wednesday marks 100 days until the opening of the Olympic Games in Rio,it’s nearly time for the traditional flurry of excitement that accompanies a really fairly arbitrary moment in anyone’s calendar. Three-and-one-third months to recede, whoop whoop! Sure, and we can’t Sky Plus the events yet; we can’t remember whether this is the one with golf,or squash, or women’s football. But come Tuesday we’ll definitely carve out a tight five at the tea-point to talk approximately whether we’d want to risk zika, or all things considered,and doesn’t it look like it’s all going to be a bit of a catastrophe besides?It certainly doesn’t look good. Next weekend’s test event at the velodrome was cancelled because there literally wasnt a track for the cyclists to race on. I know they say that a noxious dress rehearsal makes for a good performance, but that’s taking the notion to some pretty major extremes.
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Source: theguardian.com