Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded electronic equipment

Re:Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded elec... by nixass on Saturday July 31, 2021 @01:32PM (#28020071)

Canceling Olympics is difficult. Whoever cancels it, has to pay hefty fine, either the host or the Olympic committee. The pandemic is sadly not the valid reason to cancel them, at least not in committee's eyes, so Japan was strong handed here.

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Re:Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded elec... by toiletaccount on Saturday July 31, 2021 @03:01PM (#28020739)

Japan could have just said no to the Olympics, not paid the fine and told the IOC exactly where to put the contract.

Hosting the games ends up costing the host countries more money anyway so if IOC skips over them in the future...so what?

E: this assumes the fine isn't already in escrow

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Re:Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded elec... by alasdair_ on Saturday July 31, 2021 @04:02PM (#28021142)

That could have led to Japan being banned from the Olympics until the fine is paid.

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Re:Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded elec... by ohazi on Sunday August 01, 2021 @05:51AM (#28025117)

Could have, but this would have been a really bad look for the Olympic Committee, and it's very possible they would have preferred to waive the fine.

Beyond a certain point, fines become a game of political chicken.

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Re:Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded elec... by pyuser583 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @06:21PM (#28022008)

Couldn’t they just compete anyways as the “Japanese Olympic Committee?”

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Re:Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded elec... by toiletaccount on Saturday July 31, 2021 @04:45PM (#28021410)

eh.

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