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Olympic-sized questions

Published Monday, August 23, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

Past the midway point of the Athens Summer Olympics, and still, more questions than answers...

Did I just see the fans boo so much they prompted the judges to revise scoring in gymnastics? Egad. I just did.

So really, which sport is sillier because of the political nature of judging: Gymnastics, figure skating, or diving?

If all we heard about Athens before the games was that the city would not be ready, then how come we haven't heard about how the Greeks managed to put on their rally caps? No, really. How did they do it?

Are there too many empty seats? Or are there too many events?