Paris Olympics were great, so why not hold summer Games every two years?

The average sports fan is increasingly a big-eventer and there is a risk of the Games losing out in the attention economy

Team Ireland members, from left, Rhys McClenaghan, Daire Lynch, Philip Doyle Mona McSharry, Daniel Wiffen and Fintan McCarthy are welcomed by supporters on O'Connell Street in Dublin, celebrating their remarkable achievements at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

We are knee-deep in Twixmas: that twilight zone between Christmas and new year, excess and reflection, lists and yet more lists.

Over the past week there have been many saluting the best sporting moments of 2024. Yet across the globe there is one constant: these lists are dominated by a Paris Olympics seared into the memory. Nothing else came close.