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How long until the IOC is threatening  World Athletics? 

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4 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said:

That's not the worry.

 

The fear isn't, and never was, Moscow 1980 or Los Angeles 1984 for anyone but Bach and his own personal gripes.

 

 

The fear is Munich 1972.

 

A couple of hotheads who think they can strike a blow for freedom if they attack some judoku or gymnast aligned to the Russian Army club coming out of the cantina.

 

Put it this way. I would REALLY not be comfortable sharing a tower block in Paris with AIN athletes. I don't like the odds.

I’d say it’s much more likely the Israeli team would be attacked like in 1972 again, 

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Will the Czechs boycott then? 

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https://x.com/villecantell/status/1733141529043128732?s=61

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Lithuania and Estonia are surely going to be boycotting, 

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‘Unsurprisingly it was quickly criticised by Ukrainian athletes, including the Winter Olympic skeleton star Vladyslav Heraskevych, who questioned whether there would be any Russian or Belarusians in Paris who did not support the invasion of his country.’

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6 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

There will be a “boycott” in the sense that we only send a low-ranking official to the Opening Ceremony, but the Team will go.

It be a full on boycott I suspect. Will be a way for the British Goverment to show its strength. 

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3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

It won't wreck it. It will make for a few books to be written, maybe a documentary or even a movie or something (depending on how many nations boycott, which, again, I truly think is not going to be anywhere close to double digits), but that's about it. We've got two examples in the 80's for that.

The Olympics is struggling for hosts. 2036 is inevitably going to end in Saudi at this rate. 

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1 minute ago, Biathlonfan said:

 And Bach and the ioc will care because why exactly ?

It will wreck the image of the games  if countires withdraw but Russian are winning medals. 

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Lithuanian Goverment very angry. 

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1 minute ago, Biathlonfan said:

 

 Wow,So much support for the boycott,much wow,the powerful and very influential Danes have spoken,it has been decided.

 

Denmark seem very much determined to boycott. 

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Ukrainian Goverment Minster urges further worldwide pushback. 

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https://www.dawn.com/news/1796009/ukraine-very-concerned-over-russian-olympics-call-sports-minister