Winning might smell like excrement at this year’s Olympics.
Tokyo Bay, which is slated to become the venue for events such as triathlon and marathon swimming, has faced recent cleanup efforts — yet the water still smells terrible.
The “futuristic landscape” was chosen “at the strong request of international sporting organizations,” according to the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, but now is riddled with issues of water quality, smell, and the possibility of sewage leaking into the bay.
This is not a new issue for the Summer Games, nor is it a recent development for the bay. An August 2019 test for the swimming section of the Paratriathlon World Cup was called off after E. coli bacteria were found at twice the limit allowed by World Triathlon in Tokyo Bay.
I know these athletes have worked long and hard for their day at the Olympics, but I’ll be damned if I would go to that stinking mess and more than likely end up very sick.
Whole new take on Poo Poo Platter!
(snicker snicker)