Olympic Storyline Bingo

Regular readers of this blog will know that I love the Olympics. Sure, I’d like some sports added here or there but that’s kinda besides the point – I’m pumped for Rio ‘16.

One thing I’m less excited for is the stupid cookie-cutter media coverage that will inevitably dominate the lead up.

Every four years, the same storylines get trotted out so if you’d rather skip the pre-Olympics media stories, I’ve gone ahead and summarized them with the headline and the likely subject:

Generic Stories

• UNIFORMS REVEALED
• HEALTH SCARE FOR ATHLETES
• OLYMPIC VENUES NOT READY
• OLYMPICS TO LEAVE RIO WITH MASSIVE DEBT
• OLYMPIC VILLAGE SEXFEST

Athlete Specific Stories

• FORMER CHAMPION MAKING COMEBACK (Grant Hackett)
• PAST SILVER MEDALIST DETERMINED TO WIN (James Magnussen)
• DON’T WRITE OFF OUR DEFENDING CHAMPION (Sally Pearson)
• WHO WILL CARRY THE FLAG? (Jamie Dwyer)
• GREAT NEW HOPE IN ATHLETICS (Jack Hale)
• OLYMPIAN HAS FAMOUS RELATIVE (Branden Starc)
• GOLD MEDAL HOPE YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF (Jess Fox)
• NICK KYRGIOS SAYS / DOES SOMETHING STUPID

if you get the whole set you win a prize (which may or may not be a photo of Bruce McAvaney)

Let me know if I’ve missed anything.

Jez