I have to admit, I didn't really think this would happen:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3705101/ENTIRE-Russian-team-387-athletes-banned-competing-Rio-Olympics-punishment-country-s-state-sponsored-doping-programme.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
ENTIRE Russian team of 387 athletes will be banned from competing at the Rio
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FuAARKK. That is an above-ground nuclear test!
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Time to restart the Goodwill games.
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The IOC has not yet officially made any decision.
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The Daily Mail is going out on a limb...? Usually these leaks end up being legit.
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The IOC has not yet officially made any decision. -
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The IOC has not yet officially made any decision.
I predict a soft ban. Most athletes will attend. Probably some crazy 'these athletes are real clean because we said so..' no mention or visual cue they are Russian on the broadcast... -
Issi is going to be pissy
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Zyzz brah!
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From a basic "human rights" point of view, this is very bad. This is "Guilt by Association," and I am totally against it.
Every single athlete, me, you and everyone else, in every country around the world, has a unique story to tell, and each of the Russians do as well.
Test the bejesus out of them, making them pee in a bottle every single day, take 1cc of blood every single day, search their belongings every single day, make them subject to the strictest anti-doping, searching and surveillance procedures that have every been imagined for a sporting competition, but LET THE CLEAN ONES COMPETE!!! -
They should ban the entire Kenyan and Jamaican teams as well...
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There will also be no need to do a chromosome test to determine if she is female. That will save money on testing.
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Concupiscurd wrote:
I have to admit, I didn't really think this would happen:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3705101/ENTIRE-Russian-team-387-athletes-banned-competing-Rio-Olympics-punishment-country-s-state-sponsored-doping-programme.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
Well, apparently the Daily Mail was wrong, for once. -
Never underestimate the level of corruption inside the IOC.