国际上体育赛事趣谈idioms

“澳洲奥林匹克委员会（Australian Olympic Committee，AOC）周二（26日）表示，澳洲上周将没有接受派代表队参加世青赛的授意。此外，和澳洲奥林匹克委员会（New Zealand Olympic Committee）已向也表明，和澳洲没有参加世青赛。：

(一) IOC在2017年的”rubber-stamp“

After years when competition was fierce to stage the prestigious event, there's been a declining number of cities that are interested.Hamburg, Rome and Budapest pulled out of the current campaign, just two candidates competed for the right to host the 2022 Winter Games.. So the result was, Paris will host the 2024 Games and Los Angeles 2028 Games.The 2024 Summer Olympics were awarded to Paris and the 2028 Summer Olympics were awarded to Los Angeles on 13 September 2017.

原本争夺奥运会八强赛的悲惨获胜者终究只剩两国。奥组委为保尴尬，设法突发”----“，一次公布了2024和2028两届举办方.

（二）Gains or loses?

The costs involved and a lack of public support were to blame within the countries pulled out of the campaign. Most of them fell by the wayside citing the multibillion dollar "price tag."

许多获胜者国家迅即热卖，原因有二：花费和公众支持率。

”We cracked the code.“奥林匹克委员会大舒一口气，”难题克服了！“

对于2024年的八强赛Paris 来说，是”third time lucky“;

(三)”It's a win-win-win“ to "get Paris and Los Angeles locked in"

为啥是”三赢“？，

原来除了赢的两国外，IOC也是获益一方。因为彼时奥林匹克委员会亦然经历者苦不堪言的贪污罪等腐败指控。这一无疑的 "unveil Olympic rings" 也使得奥组委暂时从困境中得以喘口气。