I don’t have anything against the athletes. I’ve seen plenty of Chinese athletes that gave mind-blowing performances. Those vaulters were awesome. Still, I consider anything provided by the host nation’s government (stadiums and the like) to be associated with them.
Anyway, I was watching the swimming events, and I saw the name “Japan” on one of the swimsuits. This got me thinking: why do all the outfits have the english versions of country’s name. I mean, the Japanese don’t call their country Japan, and they weren’t competing in an English-speaking country. Was there some sort of meeting where the athletes decided “english names only?” Did they flip a coin? Maybe I’m just thinking too hard about this.