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Just imagine the spanish/italian attitude but with a worse health system. I fear for latin america... Especially for Mexico and Brazil who have governments in denial.

Yeah, we all skipped that Nikki&Paulo episode, nothing to worry about.

Still, I'm waiting for one of these big name athletes to categorically say "I won't participate, end of story." Until that happens, IOC won't take their opinions seriously, sadly.

They should be held in the set dates as long as: - Japan has covid completely under control by that date. - Foreign spectators are banned. Only athletes and their supporting staff should be allowed in the country. With strict health controls before entering the village. - No athletes are affected by big obstacles that difficult their training (e.g. training facilities closed) by mid April. If any of these conditions isn't fulfilled, then I think they should be postponed for 2021. Naturally, the 3rd condition is the most unlikely as things are now.

Just the decide the host in advance. The winner of this edition will have to resign their right for this time.

Really good article. I think the only thing that can postpone the games is a situation of most of the world's top athletes boycotting the games. Otherwise the games will go on, without spectators or however. Edit: sorry for the new page. People, I strongly recommend you read the article linked by Phelps.

We could see some big stars at olympic men's football tournament if only it isn't cancelled. No cups in the summer + The european season will end late so that probably means the next one won't start as early as always in August, that will maybe help to get players released by the clubs.

Tell us about your success konig, surely you have your own buffet and you're making them millions

Why is this speech "historic"? What is "total lockdown"? nobody working + frontiers/airports closed? I suppose excluding police/hospitals.

Nothing All sport channels just have boring debate shows where they talk about the suspensions and other programs that waste time showing old goals of any sort (all goals of x player, all goals behind the midfield line in the last 20 years, etc...). I don't have to work for the next 2 weeks so I guess I'll just spend time reading or playing video games.

Why youth? should be senior. Kick out Canada and USA from pan american games as they don't care anyway.

Thankfully no bullshit this time for Guzmán.

Any international sport event in Argentina is suspended for the whole month. This includes a bunch of bmx and mtb competitions, fencing World cup, swimming south americans, boxing OQT, probably the football World cup qualifiers... Basically the only thing that will keep going on are the national leagues.

We already have 8 cases, all of them people coming back from vacations in Spain/Italy

Because the objective is obviously to symbolize "gender parity". You can't have that with an uneven number like 3 (unless you happen to have an hermaphrodite or something). And I think it gets a bit difficult to hold a flag pole while walking with more than 3 people.

First case in Chile. The party is ON.

Yes we did it! Some dude just coming back from vacations in Italy.

As far as I understand hand sanitizer is anti-bacterial and we are dealing with a virus, so I don't think it would have any effect?

Still no signs of corona here, but we have 700+ cases of dengue so it balances out?

American voters in general are too lazy to give much of a thought to politics. Which is understandable given their "system" is very old and too established. Trump, Sanders or any politician are just decoration that can't change much, regardless of how "radical" their speeches may sound. It's the most fake democracy of any first world western country.

Ofc I don't know how it is in USA, but every jewish person I've met in my country (mostly secular ones) cares way more about local politics than about middle east conflicts. Because, you know, this is the country they were born and live in.

You mean they won't show up to vote? Because there is simply no way you can vote Trump and still consider yourself a leftist of any sort.

Why is it unfortunate? Their level is really poor and Argentina/Chile have another hundred of athletes qualified. Better this way than spend money on a olympic tourist.