TSX REPORT: Strong poll for Sweden as 2030 Winter host; not so much for Brisbane

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≡ THE 5-RING CIRCUS ≡

1. Poll: strong Swedish support for low-cost, no-build 2030 Games
2. New poll shows drop in enthusiasm for Brisbane 2032 Games
3. Suspended sentences in first Tokyo 2020 sponsorship bribery cases
4. Russian teen swim star Chikunova crushes 200 m Breast world record
5. Rare Grenoble ‘68 torch brings $200,000 at auction

The possible Swedish bid for the 2030 Olympic Winter Games is looking a lot better after a comprehensive poll showing 74% for a project with no new venue construction and no use of public money. A poll in Queensland, Australia is showing a drop in enthusiasm for the 2032 Brisbane Games, with 59% “not that excited” at this point, likely due in part to reports of major cost increases in the government’s signature renovation of the Gabba stadium and the surrounding district. Russian teenager Evgeniia Chikunova destroyed the world record in the women’s 200 m Breaststroke on the final night of the Russian national championships, lowering the mark from 2:18.95 (in 2021) to a stunning 2:17.55. Wow. A large auction of Olympic memorabilia saw a torch from the 1968 Grenoble Olympic Winter Games – one of only 33 made – sell for $200,000!

● Panorama: Munich 1972 (Germany forms commission to revisit Munich Massacre) = Paris 2024 (four million applicants for second-round ticket sale) = Alpine Skiing (1994 U.S. Olympian Nobis dies in Utah jail) = Archery (2: U.S. wins Mixed Team title at World Cup; World Archery to allow Russian re-entry after study) = Athletics (2: Kiptum 2:01:25, Hassan 2:18:33 win London Marathon; Black groups complain of being blocked off at Boston Marathon cheer zone) = Cycling (3: Evenepoel and Vollering win Liege-Bastogne-Liege; Pan American road champs; Richardson and Archibald star at third track Nations Cup) = Football (FIFA U-20 World Cup draw) = Golf (Vu wins first major at Chevron) = Gymnastics (Nikolova takes Rhythmic All-Around in Baku) = Sport Climbing (U.S.’s Raboutou wins World Cup opener) = Swimming (Grimes doubles in U.S. Open-Water Champs) = Table Tennis (Wang and Wang earn WTT Champions wins) = Water Polo (Dutch top U.S. women in World Cup Div. I) = Weightlifting (World records for Nasar at Euro Champs) ●

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Poll: strong Swedish support for low-cost, no-build 2030 Games

Sweden has won 166 Olympic Winter Games medals, but never hosted a Winter Games, losing a bid for the 2026 Winter Games to Milan-Cortina in 2019. But it may now be the favorite for 2030.

A new poll by Kantar Public, released by the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) showed new enthusiasm for a Winter Games in Sweden … if it is held without public funding and…