Doesn't seem to be much interest this time- for obvious reasons (they should not be held in a country that doesn't what them because of covid)
There was a time when people knew the name of many Australian track and field athletes- now I don't know any of them and have no interest in them- many people I know feel the same.
The Australian media still go into ecstasies over Aussie swimmers and talk them up all the time. That's a good reason for taking no interest in them- can't stand competitive swimming and the show off swimmers,
I'm happy to watch boxing and field hockey- pity we can only see them once every four years. As for shooting, I would rather watch grass grow. Archery- they don't even use proper bows, they use high tech contraptions that you can hold at full draw for a minute or so.
And I don't want to listen to aussie commentators screaming for aussie gold, whilst ignoring any non-aussie achievement.
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