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Tokyo 2020 was meant to be the fourth time I attended an Olympic Games. Japan and the Games would have been my chance to see my godson, koumbaro and their family again. A beautiful nation, I fondly remember visiting schools where kids held banners proclaiming, “Welcome Bill & George,” when my koumbaro would take me on some school visits as part of his work. There, some students created human tunnels to welcome us with Aussie and Japanese flags linked together. Sadly, COVID-19 meant the Games were postponed by a year, and like all Aussies, we are not allowed to travel anyway!
The other Games I had attended were the brilliant Sydney Games where my mate Dominic and I ran like geese around Olympic Park after Kostas Kenderis won gold in the 200 metres. I met Kostas, a fellow Lesvian, on a visit to Molyvos in 2002, where we both reminisced his performance and the Games as a whole.