Starting problem....Big problem !!!

With only hours left for the grand gala, the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics 2004, speculations have gone wild that two most famous athletes of Greece Olympic team will be out of the tournament due to their failure in attending the final drug test yesterday. This comes as a big disappointment for the greeks, because those two athletes are considered to be the best of the lot. Keeping this aside, the athletes all over the world already have a demoralizing news that nearly 1 million tickets have not been sold yet. Also adding fuel to the fire, Greece is witnessing a 15% decrease in the number of tourist comparing to the figures during the same time last year. This is really a bad sign. I do not know the reason behind this. Whether it is due to the hasty preparations Greece had to do to get ready for the event or whether its because people are slowly losing interest on this big event. This might not be reason I think. But please do not miss to watch the opening ceremony today live. It’s the best part of Olympics.