Dragon 1,676 Posted November 22, 2017 #1331 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Elena NIKITINA, Mariia ORLOVA, Olga POTYLITSYNA and Aleksandr TRETIAKOV are found to have committed anti-doping rule violations pursuant to Article 2 of The International Olympic Committee Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, in 2014, and are disqualified from the events in which they participated. In addition, the four athletes are declared ineligible to be accredited in any capacity for all editions of the Games of the Olympiad and the Olympic Winter Games subsequent to the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-four-russian-athletes-as-part-of-oswald-commission-findings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,095 Posted November 22, 2017 #1332 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Silver linning: Martins Dukurs is finally going tonget his long overdue gold medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted November 22, 2017 Author #1333 Share Posted November 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Nate River said: Silver linning: Martins Dukurs is finally going tonget his long overdue gold medal. I don't know what you would base that on, but he's been beaten more and more often by a guy who's only getting better (and utterly destroyed him only last week) and has the all-important home track advantage in Pyeongchang. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted November 22, 2017 Author #1334 Share Posted November 22, 2017 This all sucks though. Tretiakov vs Dukurs vs Yun promised to be one of the best fights of the entire Olympics and not seeing Nikitina there is going to be disappointing as well. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,095 Posted November 22, 2017 #1335 Share Posted November 22, 2017 (edited) 7 minutes ago, heywoodu said: I don't know what you would base that on, but he's been beaten more and more often by a guy who's only getting better (and utterly destroyed him only last week) and has the all-important home track advantage in Pyeongchang. Because he’s going to inherit the 2014 gold medal. IMO Yun is almost a lock for gold in 2018. Edited November 22, 2017 by NearPup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted November 22, 2017 Author #1336 Share Posted November 22, 2017 19 minutes ago, Nate River said: Because he’s going to inherit the 2014 gold medal. IMO Yun is almost a lock for gold in 2018. Ah, yeah. I hope they just leave those two medals vacant and be done with it. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted November 22, 2017 #1337 Share Posted November 22, 2017 1 hour ago, heywoodu said: I don't know what you would base that on, but he's been beaten more and more often by a guy who's only getting better (and utterly destroyed him only last week) and has the all-important home track advantage in Pyeongchang. Park City is starter's track. Yun is really as much of a favourite as Nikitina based on those results... I hope he gets gold for both 2014 and 2018, the best skeleton racer in history deserves that. Shame that he might again get beaten by a home boy though... And what are we going to see in 2022? That Chinese pop-up athlete winning gold. Gold medals seem to be reserved for a home nation there. Ridiculous. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,095 Posted November 22, 2017 #1338 Share Posted November 22, 2017 21 minutes ago, dcro said: Park City is starter's track. Yun is really as much of a favourite as Nikitina based on those results... I hope he gets gold for both 2014 and 2018, the best skeleton racer in history deserves that. Shame that he might again get beaten by a home boy though... And what are we going to see in 2022? That Chinese pop-up athlete winning gold. Gold medals seem to be reserved for a home nation there. Ridiculous. Park City is a starter’s track but, unlike Nikitina, Yun clearly outdrove the field by a lot. I also don’t think Nikitina will be much of a factor at the Olympics ever again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted November 22, 2017 Author #1339 Share Posted November 22, 2017 50 minutes ago, dcro said: Park City is starter's track. Yun is really as much of a favourite as Nikitina based on those results... That's rather unfair to say about someone who, when not even near his current capabilities, beat Dukurs in the longest track of all in St Moritz. Nikitina is an athlete who wins purely based on her start and then having a decent run, Yun fights for gold with a good start (not even that much better than Dukurs) and very capable sliding. Also, this really seems more like a Skeleton Discussion Thread kind of discussion If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted November 22, 2017 #1340 Share Posted November 22, 2017 1 minute ago, heywoodu said: That's rather unfair to say about someone who, when not even near his current capabilities, beat Dukurs in the longest track of all in St Moritz. Nikitina is an athlete who wins purely based on her start and then having a decent run, Yun fights for gold with a good start (not even that much better than Dukurs) and very capable sliding. Also, this really seems more like a Skeleton Discussion Thread kind of discussion I beg to differ with St. Moritz being a very specific track. While it is the longest, start is still very important. I mean, how else can you explain Mirela Rahneva winning women's race last season with a huge margin (one of the best starters with very little experience on European tracks...). #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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