The Incredible Logistics of the Tokyo Olympics
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IOC whenever they need a new facility: *Fuck it, build a new city*
ioc is so corrupt
LA and Paris: We have no such weakness
just raze existing living structures! - IOC, every time
@@dojokonojo it will be tough for Paris to do so
@@ikeekieeki lol true, it would be just more cost effective and even better to just have a permanent Olympic event in a dedicated city ever year. It can even be on Olympus, the place where the Olympics originated
The irony of McDonalds giving out food for free in an athletic village...
smart move they wont waste much money for giving out free food, while getting some shitload of publicity
@@penguinpingu3807 I don't think McDonald's needs more publicity lmao, I'm pretty sure they're #1 fast food chain internationally or at least close to #1 Edit: also yes, it is technically a loss for McDonald's to give out free food for the athletes. Idk what u mean by "they won't waste much money giving out food for free"
Don't be stupid. It tastes good and they need calories. It's not like they're going to suck down a big mac then sit in their room on their pc all day
@@penguinpingu3807 You speak as if McDonalds is this small mom and pop business
@@ZeeBri yes because McDonald's is the most healthy source of calories that professional athletes have access to. Also McDonald's doesn't taste that good idk what your on lmao.
When you see “The incredible logistics of” you know it’ll be a good video!
@hv a gooday Go to hell.
It wasn't. Just reading a bunch of numbers from publicly available document.
@@tolep cry about it
@@jzph do you like it when people spam their non related content?
Always a fantastic watch
Wow didn't know the Olympics use OBS to stream the games
ahaaaaaaaa
lol that would be epic
they must have a lot of scenes
lol
OBS was formed in 2001 and started broadcasting with the 2008 Olympics.
I wonder if the ice cream machine at the Olympic village McDonald’s works.
depends on if they have to have it serviced by Taylor's favorite colluders i mean technicians
I forget who did the video, but I watched one on this. The "cleaning" cycle is a heat sanitation cycle. If there is too much ice cream mix in the machine, it doesn't all get hot enough. That then is reported to the workers in an unclear message. So just remove some mix if the cleaning fails.
it was Johnny Harris who did the video - really good investigative reporting !
@@jeffreypierson2064 Unclear error reports. Well that's some place I have definitely been to.
the ice cream machine not working is mostly an american problem
I'd love to see "The Incredible Logistics of producing a Wendover Productions video" next
Yes please
Guy probably hires a guy who then in turn hires a couple Indian guys or girls with excellent English, who then proceed to write-up most info and then he records the voice over and adds jokes. Much the same for the editor I imagine.
That sounds like a better suited video for that guy over at Half As Interesting
@@wuzzabug Yeah, that guy is way better (I almost said 'way more interesting' but I couldn't figure out a way to work the joke)
And reveal all his secrets?
I have 0 involvement in any kind of official logistics of any kind but man, do I love these videos for some reason
@hv a gooday bot
Same
Same. Wendover: OK, let's take a look.
That makes 99% of us..
6:27 The 2028 situation was even worse than you think. Los Angeles had bid for the 2024 Olympics. The IOC chose Paris instead but were so afraid that no one would bid for 2028 that they gave 2028 to LA 4 years early because they liked both cities' bids
@@Crinjal_2611 ya and they organized the only profitable Olympics to date.
@@Crinjal_2611 IOC was likely afraid of the USA not even bothering to bid. New York lost out on 2012, Chicago got rejected in 2016, and no American city even bothered for 2020. The IOC didn't want to drive away it's biggest financial contributor by completely rejecting all of its largest, most capible cities
I just want to know what would happen if no city bid.
They half gave Paris 2024 because Paris hosted the 1924 Olympics and pretty much everyone figured it would be nice if they were able to host an Olympics 100 years later.
@@Crinjal_2611 California being California, there was likely to be (and still probably is) massive backlash to the costs surrounding the Olympic games. LA is busy enough as-is and the traffic caused by the Olympic games would make it worse.
Dude, I grew up in the Sydney Olympic village. The whole area is very well utilised, event-wise and liveability-wise.
As someone who once made use of the area every month or so, I think it's a bit too liveable if you know what I mean.
Isn't that what he said in the video?
So is the olympic park in East London
It is my understanding the Sydney Olympic cost was way beyond the esstamate, as is the usual case!
And, in a topical twist, the olympic park is currently being used to provide COVID vaccinations! I got my vaccination in the olympic park :D It's a fantastically-utilised space all told.
Tokyo: "We sent in a 2020 Olympics bid to show the world we recovered from the Tohoku Earthquake" 2020: sup fam
I had to look up if the olympics even took place cause the year was too crazy.
Got slapped then proceed to got kicked
worse yet, the Tokyo Olympiad is still being marketed as the 2020's even as they haven't yet occurred as I type this....
@@syxepop Euro 2020 did the same
The Olympics: unimaginable complexity! Tokyo: best I can do is no spectators, and no international visitors.
10 years later we still got a chart topping song about rolling in the deep
What do you know about rolling in the deep
AHAHAHHA
@@Zachariahtoms WHEN YA BRAIN GO NUMB YEAH WE CALL THAT MENTAL FREEZE
@@Sneaker3719 the new rickroll
When these people talk too much, put that shit in slow motion yeah
„The First Season of Game of Thrones is on the way of becomming a tv phenomenon, Osama bin Laden has been killed by Navy Seals“ That escalated quickly
Fake news, throw the body in the ocean, sure sure
@@willblack8575 If it had been fake the the guy would have gone on TV if only to embarass the Americans, he hasn't therefore he isn't!
@L Train45 oh well im sure the entire internet wouldn't say that sentence ever again in history after your complaint
@L Train45 that escalated quickly
@L Train45 The internet, or world for that matter, doesn't revolve around you, princess.
You forgot to mention how Japanese people here hate the idea of Olympics now. Right in the middle of pandemic. Japan has been very slow in vaccine rollout and the number of new cases is escalating rather quickly. People in Tokyo have been under a state of emergency for the past 3 month (now will be 4 with the Olympics period) with limited freedom of movement but the city is apparently ready to host the largest event in the world.
This is hugely overlooked, this video seems to willingfully gloss over negative impacts of the event. Granted this is a logistics video it's fun to point at big numbers, I'm left feeling like I got a dose of propoganda. What is the proof that olympics is actually good for a city compared to a city without olympics?
@@SpectacularLeigh As the video mentioned the demand to host the games is decreasing. After Tokyo Olympics it will decrease further I think
@@tellmeaboutit691 Brisbane, Australia is taking on 2032. Yet it just feels like the bids are about whoever is willing to show up to be the next guinea pig.
@@SpectacularLeigh it’s because people are selfish and don’t want to invest in something unless it directly benefits them
Heard people in Japan have also been ignoring the government's advice to avoid travelling between cities too though? e.g. during Golden Week (maybe to express displeasure at the government, or due to fatigue with pandemic restrictions?) & sports venues e.g. baseball are still allowed to have spectators
I think Salt Lake City was incredibly smart in how they handled the construction of the Olympic Village. The University of Utah needed new student housing, so they built the Olympic Village in such a way that all they had to do once the athletes moved out was to take down all the signs indicating it was the Olympic Village and viola, new student housing.
$19,000 for an internet connection. Sounds like my internet provider.
The head of Olympic financial department (or accounting, can't really remember).. it was a guy in charge of money in Japan's Olympic program, and he jumped the rail a couple of months ago.. Give you an idea of where those money went
For that price, you should get something close to a 100Gb link, not 100Mb. Surprised they don't at least have a 1Gb option so they can run >2 4K streams
Think of the IOC like Disney, and the broadcast networks like the guests.
For 30 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload at that price, too.
It’s a pretty good price for 20Mbps connection
I just imagine they sit in the OBS (Olympic Broadcasting Services) setting up their multicam live stream set up using OBS (Open Braodcaster Software) like every live streamer on Twitch :D
OBS ception
@Him that doesn’t mean it’s bad software
they are defs NOT using obs :P
As a Sydneysider I never knew Olympic Park was special for how successful it's been post Olympics. Certainly been taking it for granted!
Now we need a logistics of the Olympic Games from the teams perspective how do they get all the sail boats and other large equipment to all these places can’t be easy.
I bet it would end up being similar to F1 logistics for fly away races
In rowing they usually pack their boats in special racks that can be transportet in standard shipping containers. When you can get there over land, they use special trailer. That trailers are used for the normal regattas and worldcups anyway.
I've always wondered: How do they transport horses for equestrian events? Do they make special horse size jets? How can they train an animal to calmly sit through something like that?
@@karenhaller9988 was that irony? never seen a horse trailer on the road? i don't know anything about horses, but i guess they get trained to do that stuff and/or the get used to it.
@@alias_not_needed You can't take a trailer across an ocean to Tokyo. And I suppose you could use a boat, but keeping a horse happy in a boat for weeks on end would be challenging too.
The Olympics only occurs in one city historically cos they were tied to worlds fairs which no longer happen. I think they could definitely keep each games having an individual identity while reducing the cost by spreading future games over whole countries like world cups do. Imagine for a country like the UK you could build one venue and one far smaller village (2000 people instead of 1600 for example) in each of London, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester and Leeds. Then each city could afford the cost and find far more uses for their venue or housing complexes after the games rather than be stuck with so many white elephants
What's world fairs
That's a great idea, as it would contribute to development outside of the capital as well, which is something many countries are struggling to get done these days.
@@samasher5370 the thing the Eiffel tower was built for
I agree. There are some sports that are very tricky to hold a good event. Rowing is such a sport. You need a 2km long piece of water, that is ideally protected from wind. Olympic rowing boats are not built for wavy conditions. So the olympic rowing course in rio was a desaster. There are many artificial created basins for rowing events. Would be much nicer to use them instead. I guess the same goes for sailing, surfing, wild water canoing etc. They all need certain conditions and are held outside the olympic villages anyway, i guess. But than it would be more about the sport and the athletes and not so much about media and money. Who would want such a thing?
I think it would make sense to do it per state in the US, but other than that I agree with you.
Honestly I can't wait for the video about the logistics of the World Cup. The most watched sporting event in history and the logistics must be insane, especially with the expanded 40 teams for the 2026 World Cup and three nations hosting it for the first time. Stadiums, food supply, travel, hotels, stadiums, etc.
Doing it for this Euro could be nice especially because of the circumstances but i doubt an american would talk about it.
Football is the biggest sport in the world and like OP said it’s the most watched event in the world so it would make a good vid definitely
They're just using Toronto and Edmonton in Canada here
While most of American: the biggest sport event is super bowl🤣🤣🤣
Quite similar to olympcs but on a bit smaller scale. Same as for Olympic games, there is a specific company which has the broadcast rights for the world cup and they distribute this to the rest of the world channels
Was looking for something to watch during my meal. Thanks for the timely upload! :D
same
Haha same
@@theepicjamez99 me to!!
Too
What did u have?
My sister works for the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and was supposed to be present at these olympics as she was one of the main planners for the volleyball, but sadly they arent allowing most staff to travel there anymore (which is probably a good thing)
As a resident of Japan it's def a good thing (though I wish it wasn't the case and she could come). As things are now us residents of Japan are having these games forced down our throats. I've never seen the majority of Japanese so angry at having their voices dismissed by the IOC and JOC.
@@noobnoob8138 Why weren't the Japanese more vocal about their refusal to support the bid back in 2010?
@@RaymondHng Cause covid and state of emergencies weren't a thing taking place back then 👀 weird question
@@RaymondHng things were a lot different 10 years ago, for example you were 10 years younger back then, it's just a small example but you can see how different it was
@@RaymondHng secondly politicians who are eager to the next big thing to get clout without thinking about the repercussions
Brazil serves as a great example of what could happen to all the infrastructure after the Olympics have concluded.
Look at Atlanta Georgia
Yeah true
What could ? Meaning they did it badly ? Or meaning they genuinely did it well ? Or that they had good plans but poor execution?
@@aperson5994 the huge money dump into infrastructure then everything is abandoned after and then you have a high crime area with no business or good housing.
@@plutomatters9776 Sarajevo had all it's venues bombed/shelled in a civil war. Of course they've decayed
I’m from Los Angeles, and basically the whole argument for us hosting was “well, we’ve already got the facilities- might as well use them.” (I’m still skeptical about the impact on our already horrific transit system/traffic though)
It might help to improve the metro system though! I hear they’re going to bum-rush development to meet the deadlines for the Olympics.
@@Zeoytaccount I certainly hope so! It feels like they’ve been working on the purple line extension for decades!
The fact that humans are able to organize and create all of this is mind-blowing to me.
step by step i guess. i know what you mean, how did anything at all of todays world emerge. it leaves one thinking
There's also the gigantic amount of condoms they need to provide to the olympic village
What do you expect from the worlds most fit and talented young people?
14:53 Electric Kettle for $23? Pretty damn reasonable, especially at an event like the Olympics "Thank you for the kettle! Where do I plug it in?" "Right over here, for only $876!" 14:05
You're overselling Homebush in Sydney. There are no upscale hotels there, it's quite bleak and the events are pretty crap.
Wow rude :(
I lived in Homebush for 6 months as part of a work commitment in 2019. It's...fine. It's not really bleak, but it does feel really impersonal with how much everything is spaced out. It's like living in stretched suburbia. I think Sam's playing it up, but by comparison, it's a hell of a lot better than the other recent deals.
Sydney Olympic Park/homebush area, has 2 hotels and lot of cafes. I lived there for a year. Its not that bad, honestly.
Weird how he didn’t mention London 2012. It really reinvigorated east London, I was under the impression it was one of the most successful olympics.
Sydney’s conversion is not exactly a failure, but it’s not an outstanding success either. I suspect Wendover just wanted to avoid using London, as its used so damn often as the one example of a really good use of the Olympic site and village.
It took me 45 minutes to realize he was referring to Turin, Italy.
Same ! Wasn’t the Olympic village in Torino really shoddily built ? I remember seeing some of the housing in terrible condition and that was back in 2014
@@darraghmckenna9127 Probably quality construction by your local Mafia bureau.
@@darraghmckenna9127 Not really, the video make it seem like all the villages were at the end a waste of money and space, but all of them except one were readily converted to normal housing from the beginning, even becoming a very enjoyable place; all except the Turin one, that was in fact left derelict until last year, when works began to convert it to house university students and young workers.
@@IlleScrutator the one across from Lingotto right ?
@@darraghmckenna9127 Yep exactly that one, the others were in a couple little villages close to the mountains
Anything: *moves Wendover: *inhales
What
It's sad that after the Olympics are over. Most of the venues are not used.
Except for London 2012... Everything was useful after the games.
Montreal's Olympic park area is well integrated too.
Depends on the country really... though generally more often than not that's the case.
Japan barely built any new venues because what they needed has already been built in the previous one or some years before 2020
@You Tube tell that to the us military
Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics was a huge economic success for the state of Utah. The exposure to how great Park City is alone boosted the tourism, ski resort success, coinciding housing market in surrounding areas, etc.. The annual Sundance Film Festival took off to new levels since then, and venues are used for a variety of purposes all throughout SLC, Park City and Provo. One of the few notable successes in recent Olympic history.
Being from Turin, Italy, I really appreciate that you pointed out the disastrous waste of time and money that the Winter Olympics were for out city!
I think the logistics are very credible.
Yeah, seems like the IOC made a really clear-cut document to cite.
I think the incredible part is bringing it all together..
You got me so interested in what is happening to the Olympic villages after the event and after that even answered it for the few cases. Good episode, thanks!
Honestly, this video and topic (and my devotion to this channel of course) made me finally sign up for the curiosity stream / nebula bundle! I'm so excited to check it out! Been thinking about it for years now! OP, as always, great videos, much appreciated! Take care!
Great video! Small correction: Broadcaster like BBC, NBC,... actually do send camera crews out to film the events as well. Be it to get another additional angle (and doing interviews directly afterwards in the Mixed Zone) or to have better coverage of certain athletes. Sometimes in case there are two disciplines happening at the same time in the same venue, the world feed will only include one and the camera crew will be responsible to cover the other discipline.
It's really a shame that the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted this incredibly elaborated event
thanks china
@@nunyabusiness8538 you're welcome, loser.
Japan is so unfortunate, because big sport event like Olympic, world cup and Asian Games could attract tourists.
Thanks for all the effort you put into making these videos. They are simply great.
It’s amazing how this video was put together. Amazing thank you
You should make a video about the effort that is being put in Eurovision.
Will Ferrell already did that.
I remember being hyped about this in 2016. Man its going go be interesting given todays context.
Awesome details and content..Great work.
Love your logistic videos!!! MOREEEEE
"McDonald's provides athletes with food for free" are the 7 words that will shatter at least one athlete's Olympic dreams this year
There is a dining hall. Search KZhead for "Olympic dining hall" and you will see from the athletes' vlogs tours of the dining hall and that there are food choices other than McDonald's.
@@RaymondHng Meanwhile S Korea chose to self-cater their own food instead by flying in chefs to a hotel that they'd booked for use as a temporary kitchen. 1 speculated reason is to snub Japan publicly, to express it's distrust that Japan's provided food isn't safe from radiation, after the meltdown of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in 2011, with some coolant water laced with radiation leaking into the adjacent Pacific Ocean & possibly contaminating seafood caught there
from a purely financial basis, it makes most sense for a handful of larger, experienced cities like Beijing to rotate the olympics between them, instead of asking new cities to spend billions building new facilities each time
Simply amazing video. They should show this at the games to show how much work Tokyo has put into it
Absolutely love the effort, keep it up!
I was in Japan in 2016 and they were already ramping up for the Olympics then. They all seemed so excited! It sucks how it all ended up for them :(
It was the same for London 2012. For years in Britain, that's all you heard about.
Meanwhile, Adele’s song, “ *Rolling in the Deep* “ will be Japan’s anthem after the Tokyo Olympics … as they’re saddled with the incredible burden of debt.
plus covid cases due to a shallow vaccine rollout
Lmfao 😂😂😂😂😂😂
The Debt isnt much of a problem though since virtually all of it is owned by Japanese people. A Greece-like situation could only happen if Japan owed its debt to foreigners (like the Greeks do to the Germans)
*"Whatchu know about rolling down in the deep"* Sorry it had to be done
As always Wendover Productions making some of the best content in KZhead. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for this, I worked on London 2012 and just loved how the tech was used . It was last time host broadcaster was host before OBS took over
Sam: I'm fluent in 3 languages. Also Sam: Ae-thernet plug
Ah McDonalds, the perfect food for athletes :D
They certainly need the calories.
Usain Bolt used to eat McDonalds pretty regularly. Athletes usually aren’t as picky about individual items of food as you might expect - for a sprinter, so long as its got plenty of protein and calories to compensate for the huge amount of training they’re doing, it’s mostly fine.
@@Zveebo it’s also generally very safe food… getting food poisoning from eating unfamiliar food is not great for athletic performance. Still I’m sure some of the more high-profile athletes now have very specific dietary plans.
It's healthy, balanced food. (Except shakes and sodas)
Fastfood is bad if you're not burning the calories, it's very dense in calories and definitely not meant to be eaten regularly. Plus not all McDonald's are unhealthy, maybe you guys don't have good regulations.
I learned so much by watching this ideo. Great content as always!
This is the best channel on KZhead! every video is just amazing
14:45 I don't care about price, I just want the damn walkie talkie
I believe those Walkie talkies were once called Nextel Communications
Prefer the kettle
"I didn't have time to make the video, so I made it for Nebula.."
This was fantastic. The logistics are crazy!
I’ve been waiting for this video for so long!
“Eh-thernet” that was painful
He meant "aethernet" - no other medium can carry that much bandwidth.
That's how I say it.
Have you heard of the "Chair-oh-key" tribe though?? That's how he pronounced Cherokee in the Navajo Nation video...
@@Shargur Yeah, he's just trolling us now. This one and that one had to be intentional.
Lesson for the world: Dismantle the IOC and start over
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 good advice, hope that it solves my erectile dysfunction
Yo. I watch alot of videos, but your pages feed my knowledge lust. Please don't stop your productions anytime soon man.
Great video as always.
imagine how much money Japan will lose for not having a live audience
How much? Live audience is just a cost. In most cases.
@@tolep live audience needs places to eat, shop, sleep. A couple decades or more ago hosting the olympics was a massive economic boon for the host city...but as with everything prices rose significantly to the point we should consider canceling them for good
@@spencervance8484 yup I was gonna go to Japan for my 21st this year but they said nah bro 💀 so that money stayed in Florida 😂
@@tyreekbtb exactly my point.
Like he said, 3/4 of the money comes from TV not visitors
>Village of Top of the Top Athletes >Give them free-flow McDonald's IOC: helth
Considering Usain Bolt famously had a pre-game diet of nothing but Chicken McNuggets before he broke the record in Beijing, that is quite funny in itself
The cash is more important
Why can I see this meme
@@shreyaspillai8421 you are beyond repair now
Great video. Thank you
It’s so cool how you are still recommending Nebula and Curiosity stream! Love that
4:44 Meanwhile in an at least two dimensional world "skware miters roum."
With the situation we are in now, more and more ciry will be cautious for participating in the Olympic. For future games, just re use the already existing venue.
Thanks for the video. Would greatly appreciate a video on the logistics of the three weeks, how the athletes get to the venue (if it is not on site), how their equipment (like bikes) get there, how much food and water is consumed (and how they deliver them).
I was waiting for this since i've subscribed to this channel
They should designate 5 locations around the world to host the olympics, not the way that it is currently done, its not only bad for the environment, but can cause gentrification as well. It is much easier to update and modernise excisting structures in the same location from a past olympic event than to build new ones in a new city that hosted the games for the last time 60 years ago.
Wait, free McDonalds? Ferb, I think I know what we are gonna do today
Great research man
you have to keep doing these logistics videos they are the best
Can’t wait for la 2028 have always wanted to attend the olympics
they are also going to have a kick ass mega skate park left. Can't wait for the inaugural year of SKATEBOARDING in the Olympics
What's wrong with skateboarding? It's way harder than it looks.
@@Game_Hero I think they're talking about skateboarding as a good thing, they're excited about it
Can you even kickflip
always good content.
I love this channel so so much
Came for AVIATION, stayed for LOGISTICS!!!
Aviation it's just vertical logistics.
Little-Known Trivia: Many Olympic athletes eat fast food like McDonald's as part of their training diets. Sometimes they eat quite a lot of it! Many athletes will tell you that getting enough calories each day is one of the most onerous parts of their never-ending daily training regimen. Aside from a high salt content, fast food is pretty healthy if you're actually going to need the calories.
that isnt true at all 🤣
Nice try, McDo rep
Nonsense fast food is high in saturated fats, msg, salt, is not low GIa and makes you feel bloated. It's the least healthy type of food
high salt content? the fact the you didn't say sodium (what’s found in food - especially in processed food containing preservatives) but salt (what we add to our food.) makes your argument invalid. you don't know what you are talking about. Good day sir
Awesome content. Thanks -- this is one of your best videos. And I appreciate the lack of dad jokes every two sentences. Makes it much easier to follow than HAI. 😃
Great video!
14:17 - Eth-ernet plug xdd
I watch a lot of NHK (Japan's national broadcasting service) and it's nearly indescribable how much effort the Japanese put in around the Olympics. Translating and training personnel in English wasn't even the start of it. E.g. on international maps they changed the shrine symbol, as it was a Swastika and could be misinterpreted. There were thousands of these changes and for a very traditionalist country it wasn't easy but it had to be accepted because it was for the international tourists. Now the Japanese themselves cannot enjoy their own games. I think it's just tragic.
Not just international tourist. For the world. Everything a physical tourist can see, everyone else around the world can due to broadcasting.
They call it manji not swastika but your point still stands
All the while taking great pains to ensure that people can show up with the “rising sun” flags and symbols, despite objections. lol
Awesome video!
So happy I subscribed to curiosity stream and nebula!
Its strange to think they would submit documents that talk about the USD annual income instead of JPY or other currency used in japan.
Applicant cities must submit their bid books in English and French.
@@RaymondHng Gotcha. I didn't know that. Lol, of course France would require french haha.
1:43 “One of the worlds largest cities.” Going by metro area, it is the world’s largest city. Edit: by metro area I mean metro area population.
01:37 and 04:03 Thanks, you shown particular Olympic village's construction site which I actually worked as one of the project manager.
That incredibly detailed rate card is so fascinating!
Stopped everything I was doing just because of this video. Totally worth it.
Same!
I stopped my poop mid-poop. It's just hanging there
Me: Sure, I'm a interesting guy Also me: I am so hyped to watch another video on logistics
I was waiting for this video
Most of the Sydney olympic venues have been turned in to amazing parks and training grounds for their sports. I cycle around the international regatta centre and school use it for rowing events.
All of this planning for an event that only last 16 days...remarkable
Plus 13 more days for the Paralympics.
Today's baffling mispronunciation is "ethernet" Well done, Wanda-fur.
Baffling fr
Maybe he doesn’t have any experience with Ethernet. He probably only has weefee.
It sounds normal to me
When?
@@Case16710 I think you mean 'wifee'
5:55 Sestriere - far from derelict, an amazing ski resort
Most interesting video in a while for this channel