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Skeleton 2016 - 2017 Discussion Thread


Werloc

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  • 7 months later...

Elizabeth Yarnold and Kim Meylemans have said they are planning on boycotting the 2017 WCh if they're not moved away from Sochi. Well, Yarnold left the option to boycott open, Meylemans said she'll boycott for sure if it's not moved. 

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Katie Tannenbaum (ISV) won't be going neither if the WCH will be held in Russia and the Dukurs brothers have expressed doubts through their coach/dad (who won't go to Sochi) as well. This is picking up interest.. 

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1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Katie Tannenbaum (ISV) won't be going neither if the WCH will be held in Russia and the Dukurs brothers have expressed doubts through their coach/dad (who won't go to Sochi) as well. This is picking up interest.. 

Another British slider Laura Deas is undecided, if there is anything suspicious in the upcoming report then she won't be going either

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21 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

So, i'm not a skeleton expert but whats happened?

 

The bobsleigh and skeleton world championships will be held in Sochi this winter. More and more athletes are talking about boycotting it since the IOC said Russia shouldn't organize any major championships for now after the state-sponsored doping scandal (there apparently also is the pathetic, Middle Age-like homophobia that nobody with a decent mind would be ok with, but I think the doping thing is the biggest thing).

 

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38 minutes ago, dcro said:

Not to be disrespectful, but I don't think many people care if someone like Kim Meylemans or Katie Tannenbaum boycotts. :p

 

Possibly, although we are talking about a top-10 athlete in the world then. But as you might see above, they are not the only names :p 

 

Yarnold, Dukurs, Dukurs, Deas..those are big names. 

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