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RI? 2018 Russian Winter Olympic Team

#1 Post by silverscreenselect » Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:35 pm

The IOC has just barred the 2018 Russian Winter Olympic Team from the upcoming games in South Korea for systematic doping infractions. However, individual athletes and teams who were not involved in doping infractions can compete under the name "Olympic Athlete from Russia" or OAR. They will march in under the Olympic flag and, if they win any gold medals, the Olympic anthem will be played. The Russian Olympic Committee's entire membership has been suspended as well.

It's not clear how many Russian athletes will compete, since they will have to undergo strict anti-doping scrutiny before being allowed in, and Russia may boycott the games entirely.

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#2 Post by Estonut » Tue Dec 05, 2017 6:42 pm

They cheated, they didn't die.
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#3 Post by silverscreenselect » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:35 pm

Estonut wrote:They cheated, they didn't die.
They're not dead, but the team as a competing entity is. Thus, the wording "team" instead of "athletes."
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#4 Post by Estonut » Wed Dec 06, 2017 6:02 am

silverscreenselect wrote:
Estonut wrote:They cheated, they didn't die.
They're not dead, but the team as a competing entity is. Thus, the wording "team" instead of "athletes."
According to your post, they're suspended, not dead.
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#5 Post by silverscreenselect » Wed Dec 06, 2017 8:43 am

Estonut wrote: According to your post, they're suspended, not dead.
They're dead for this Olympics.
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Re: RI? 2018 Russian Winter Olympic Team

#6 Post by elwoodblues » Wed Dec 06, 2017 5:21 pm

Can we ban Russia from our elections now?

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#7 Post by Estonut » Wed Dec 06, 2017 6:57 pm

silverscreenselect wrote:
Estonut wrote: According to your post, they're suspended, not dead.
They're dead for this Olympics.
So you think they will be resting in Heaven, Hell or "?" until the next Olympics? How will they get back?
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#8 Post by jarnon » Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:24 pm

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Re: RI? 2018 Russian Winter Olympic Team

#9 Post by jarnon » Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:11 am

IOC suspends Russian Olympic Committee for incorporating Ukrainian sports regions

Last week, Russian Olympic officials provoked the dispute by including the sports councils in Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia as its members.

Catch-up since the original post: ROC athletes competed in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, without the Russian flag and anthem.

Once again, small-minded ROC leaders have failed their athletes.
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