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Wesley Botton As sad as it is, it is perhaps best to put everyone out of their misery sooner rather than later and push the cancel button. A woman wearing a protective face mask takes pictures of an Olympic Rings monument near the National Stadium, the main venue of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in Tokyo, Japan. According to the writer the time has come to pull the plug on the Games. Picture: EPA In 1906, organisers decided to break tradition by holding what they hoped would be the first biennial Olympic Games. Rather than every four years, as was the plan when the modern Olympics were launched in 1896, they wanted an edition to be held every two years. Hosted by Athens, it was a complete flop and the idea was scrapped. The Olympics works the way it is, and it relies on a few aspects to succeed. So it s star