I used to be of the mind to keep sport separate from politics.
The sham that is the ROC would seem to show that Russia has learned little from past misdemeanours.
Their treatment of a 15 year old girl was as enlightening as it was awful. What is the point of letting them compete on the world stage?
They will have their allies. I'm sure they'll find keen support from China and possibly North Korea. What does that tell us.
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Re: Winter Olympics - ROC
Leothebear wrote:I used to be of the mind to keep sport separate from politics.
The sham that is the ROC would seem to show that Russia has learned little from past misdemeanours.
Their treatment of a 15 year old girl was as enlightening as it was awful. What is the point of letting them compete on the world stage?
They will have their allies. I'm sure they'll find keen support from China and possibly North Korea. What does that tell us.
Wouldn't disagree about Russia/ROC, however the most shocking aspect of the whole situation for me was the IOC not excluding the competitor from the individual competition.
She should have been suspended, pending investigation, and allowing the other competitors to have a competition with medals etc..
This need not have precluded them from offering support and counsel to the young competitor, and possibly a later exoneration.
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Re: Winter Olympics - ROC
BigB wrote:Leothebear wrote:I used to be of the mind to keep sport separate from politics.
The sham that is the ROC would seem to show that Russia has learned little from past misdemeanours.
Their treatment of a 15 year old girl was as enlightening as it was awful. What is the point of letting them compete on the world stage?
They will have their allies. I'm sure they'll find keen support from China and possibly North Korea. What does that tell us.
Wouldn't disagree about Russia/ROC, however the most shocking aspect of the whole situation for me was the IOC not excluding the competitor from the individual competition.
She should have been suspended, pending investigation, and allowing the other competitors to have a competition with medals etc..
This need not have precluded them from offering support and counsel to the young competitor, and possibly a later exoneration.
The IOC wanted to exclude Valieva, but couldn't as the re-imposition of the preliminary suspension was not allowed, on appeal to CAS, so IOC had no option but to allow her to compete.
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