Life in the Olympic village bubble

Life in the Olympic village bubble

Ever seen The Truman Show? On the second day of waking up in the Olympic village in Tokyo it dawned on me. Through the fog of jetlag and a near 30-hour journey across seven time zones I felt a bit like Truman Burbank. I’m sure even more so on day three. “Good morning....
Laughter lights up Paralympic village

Laughter lights up Paralympic village

On the third day of staying in the Paralympic village bubble “it” finally dawned on me. “It” wasn’t the sheer visual aspect of the 4 000-plus Paralympians with disabilities all in the same environment of towering 17-storey apartments and surrounded by a 4km perimeter...