and don't forget how London's games had a lasting impact with improved infrastructure, new shopping…

Of course, there are occasional success stories which are used to justify bids. Barcelona’s heavily debt-financed 1992 games are widely recognized as putting the city on the map; Tokyo 1964 announced Japan’s re-emergence as a global economic power, with the debut of the first bullet train, and also allowed it to add Judo to the list of Olympic sports, which has provided 33% of its gold medals since then.
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and don't forget how London's games had a lasting impact with improved infrastructure, new shopping centres, new housing and improving an area (Stratford) significantly
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