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The world is a mess.

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Lets have an Olympics!

But it isnt far off, either.

And there was the imposing dictator, his eyes closed as he seemingly napped for a couple of seconds.

Anyway: Whos up for some luge?

There was no way for the NBC broadcast to ignore COVID either.

It didnt quite replicate the strange, isolated-void vibe ofthe 2021 Summer Olympics opener, but: close?

That schism makes it challenging to get fully emotionally invested in this introduction to the 2022 Olympics.