Russian athletes banned from Rio

[MisterAsianLover]

When politics enters sports, it never works out well. Put aside that the Olympics has become a government-run sporting event. Now Canada and other 'allies' have bullied Russia into being banned from the Olympics in Rio 2016. This is an extension of the spat Canada and other countries are having with Russia over territory, resources, European political influence etc.

Putin vs. Trudeau? I know who I would bet on winning in the end.

Banning all Russian athletes because some of them have been caught doping? Did Canada get banned from any Olympics after the Ben Johnson doping scandal? No.

Let the athletes from Russia compete. If they win, test them for banned substances. If they are caught, strip them of the medals.

Simple.

 

[oldguyzer]

As long as they test clean, they should be allowed to compete.

Alas, state-sponsored doping is common.

 

[Wanker]

They didn't bully Russia. Russia cheated, get your facts straight.

 

[Slick]

[h=1]IAAF will not lift ban on Russian athletes for Rio Olympics[/h]

 

[Admiral]

The funny thing is that the Olympics may not even happen in Rio.

he Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has declared a financial emergency less than 50 days before the Olympics.

Interim Governor Francisco Dornelles says the "serious economic crisis" threatens to stop the state from honouring commitments for the games.

Most public funding for the Olympics has come from Rio's city government, but the state is responsible for areas such as transport and policing.
Interim President Michel Temer has promised significant financial help.

The governor has blamed the crisis on a tax shortfall, especially from the oil industry, while Brazil overall has faced a deep recession.
The measure could accelerate the release of federal emergency funds.

Rio state employees and pensioners are owed wages in arrears. Hospitals and police stations have been severely affected.

What has gone wrong in Brazil?

In a decree, Mr Dornelles said the state faced "public calamity" that could lead to a "total collapse" in public services, such as security, health and education.


He authorised "exceptional measures" to be taken ahead of the Games that could impact "all essential public services", but no details were given.


The state has projected a budget deficit of $5.5bn (£3.9bn) for this year.


Rio's mayor Eduardo Paes said on Twitter the state's decision "in no way delays the delivery of Olympic projects and the promises assumed by the city of Rio".


There are also concerns over an outbreak of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects, and the impact it could have on the city's tourism.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36565901

 

[BlueBalls]

They didn't bully Russia. Russia cheated, get your facts straight.

The decision to ban the Russian track and field team from the summer Olympic Games in Brazil is excellent, and it hopefully marks a new era in the fight to stop all the cheating in international sports. The International Olympic Committee now has the opportunity to uphold or reject the decision; it should find the courage to maintain it.

Russia is protesting vociferously, but it has been caught red-handed. Its track-and-field athletes were suspended from competition in November by the IAAF, the body that oversees international track, because of a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency that accused Russia of orchestrating a state-sanctioned doping program.

Since then, the former director of Russia’s anti-doping laboratory has fled the country and admitted he took part in a team-wide doping scheme during the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. This is treachery on a Cold War level, and the IAAF has justifiably had enough. It announced Russia’s Olympic exile on Friday.

The ban is the strongest message ever sent by an international sporting association that cheating will not be tolerated the way it once was. The IAAF has ignored Russia’s claims that it has cleaned up its act since its track and field athletes were first suspended, and for good reason:

There is no way those claims can be trusted, not at this point anyway. Allowing Russian runners and jumpers to compete in the Summer Games would not be a credible or adequate response to the breadth of the allegations against the country’s sporting apparatus.

The Russian sports ministry is now pleading for redemption.

“We appeal to the members of the International Olympic Committee to not only consider the impact that our athletes’ exclusion will have on their dreams and the people of Russia, but also that the Olympics themselves will be diminished by their absence.”

The loss of the Russian team will definitely have a negative impact on the Games and will no doubt crush the dreams of any Russian track athletes who didn’t take part in the state-orchestrated cheating. But all of that is on the Russians.

They have no one to blame but themselves.

Let’s hope this new toughness will be precedent-setting in international sports. Cheaters should be banned, and so should their enablers, especially if that enabler is a state government.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opi...-is-timely-and-well-deserved/article30507650/

 

[oldguyzer]

Shades of 1980. After Russia invaded Afghanistan all the "democratic" countries refused to send their athletes. I knew a guy who was on the Olympic rowing team that year...broke his heart he wasn't allowed to compete.

 

[Spy vs Spy]

[h=1]Russia makes last-minute plea for readmission of track team to Rio Olympics[/h]
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/...sia-track-and-field-rio-readmission-1.3639956

 

[FUKUMAN]

Any of you heard about the ABP?.

https://www.thestar.com/sports/amat...-passport-aims-to-thwart-more-drug-users.html

 

[peace]

Shades of 1980. After Russia invaded Afghanistan all the "democratic" countries refused to send their athletes. I knew a guy who was on the Olympic rowing team that year...broke his heart he wasn't allowed to compete.

THis is true...many athletes often train for this once in a lifetime experience and the last thing they want is the government or politics to get involved.

 

[Bloopk]

Two athletes argue that a ban of the entire Russian team amid the doping scandal is unfair.

https://www.thestar.com/sports/2016...peal-track-and-field-ban-at-rio-olympics.html

 

[peace]

you and guns....:no:

 

[Wanker]

Talking about the Olympics.

[h=1]Rio 2016: Rory McIlroy pulls out of Olympics because of fears over Zika virus[/h]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/36595631

 

[User-E]

Best excuse ever:

Canadian Olympian Shawn Barber tested positive for cocaine after kissing a woman that he met on Craigslist, according to The Star.com of Canada.

Athletics Canada, the Canadian track and field governing body, confirmed the positive test.

Barber, 22, won gold in the pole vault at the 2015 world championships. The positive test came weeks before the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as Barber met with the woman in Edmonton just one night before competing at the Canadian national championships.

The Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada ruled that he was eligible to compete, as he inadvertently ingested the banned substance.

Barber met the woman when he posted in the “casual encounter” section of Craigslist for a “professional person.” The woman testified that she used cocaine before meeting Barber and while in the bathroom of his hotel room. She said that he may not have known that she used the drug.

He was not suspended but was stripped of his national title.

https://www.si.com/olympics/2016/10/06/shawn-barber-cocaine-positive-test-craigslist

 

[God]

Best excuse ever:

Canadian Olympian Shawn Barber tested positive for cocaine after kissing a woman that he met on Craigslist, according to The Star.com of Canada.

Athletics Canada, the Canadian track and field governing body, confirmed the positive test.

Barber, 22, won gold in the pole vault at the 2015 world championships. The positive test came weeks before the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as Barber met with the woman in Edmonton just one night before competing at the Canadian national championships.

The Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada ruled that he was eligible to compete, as he inadvertently ingested the banned substance.

Barber met the woman when he posted in the “casual encounter” section of Craigslist for a “professional person.” The woman testified that she used cocaine before meeting Barber and while in the bathroom of his hotel room. She said that he may not have known that she used the drug.

He was not suspended but was stripped of his national title.

https://www.si.com/olympics/2016/10/06/shawn-barber-cocaine-positive-test-craigslist

:LMAO::LMAO:

It's funnier that they didn't suspend him.