10 Scandals From the Last 10 Olympic Games
As a major international sporting event, it stands to reason that the Olympic Games will not always run smoothly. We looked at scandals from the last 10 Games, including this year's London Games, which faces controversy even before they have begun. olympics 2012: Where is the Security? By far the biggest mess of 2012, so far, hopefully at all, has been the failure of G4S to provide adequate security. Surely alarm bells should have rung when G4S asked to be able to deliver their staff quota at the last minute when they tendered their bid? 2008: What Human Rights? olympics China’s questionable human rights record was raised by many people in the run up to Beijing 2008, with many asking why they had even been awarded the Games in the first place. 2004: Are We Done Yet? In retrospect, this was perhaps an eerie look at what was to come during the economic crisis later in the decade. The planning for Athens 2004 was a mess, with many venues finished only weeks before th...