The very pinnacle of sporting achievement to some but if medals were to be awarded for mismanagement, corruption, cost and perhaps general incompetence, there are a growing number of people who would give gold to the Olympic Games itself. And hardly anyone is queueing up to be a host city.

Joining us on SKYPE from Forest Grove, Oregon is Professor Jules Boykoff Author of Power Games : A Political History of the Olympics. In Rio de Janeiro , we are joined by Theresa Williamson, who tries to improve the lives of Rio’s poorest residents.

Here at the Roundtable , we are joined by Jon Rest, Senior Reporter at Sportcal , who’s attended several Olympic Games and John Gold, Professor of Urban Historical Geography whose research specialises in the legacy of London 2012 Olympics.

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