heywoodu 13,536 Posted September 30, 2022 #351 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) 21 minutes ago, dodge said: The IBA has banned Ukraine’s federation and all their boxers Boxing, one of my favourite Olympic sports, is done Wait what, what did they do? Edit: IBA's president is Russia's Umar Kremlev, right. Edited September 30, 2022 by heywoodu 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...
dodge 690 Posted September 30, 2022 #352 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Story on Reuters here *Sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMQ 222 Posted September 30, 2022 #353 Share Posted September 30, 2022 https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/09/30/russia-sports-olympics-ban-ioc-thomas-bach/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,200 Posted September 30, 2022 #354 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Yeah, I can not even imagine how any Russian athlete would compete in the Olympics as long as Putin will keep to rules Russia as the new Mordor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,192 Posted September 30, 2022 #355 Share Posted September 30, 2022 39 minutes ago, NMQ said: https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/09/30/russia-sports-olympics-ban-ioc-thomas-bach/ At that point they might as well compete in the refugee team because anything more than the neutral "I want peace" statement would result in them being essentially exiled or jailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted October 1, 2022 #356 Share Posted October 1, 2022 2 hours ago, hckošice said: Yeah, I can not even imagine how any Russian athlete would compete in the Olympics as long as Putin will keep to rules Russia as the new Mordor. It would almost certainly be Russian athletes that just don't reside in Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,687 Posted October 1, 2022 #357 Share Posted October 1, 2022 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128694/ioc-bach-russian-athletes-return-hint IOC President says Russians who do not support Ukraine war may be allowed back to international competition heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,536 Posted October 1, 2022 #358 Share Posted October 1, 2022 34 minutes ago, Dragon said: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128694/ioc-bach-russian-athletes-return-hint IOC President says Russians who do not support Ukraine war may be allowed back to international competition It's not often one sees Bach making a statement that makes at least sort of sense. 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...
Dragon 1,687 Posted October 1, 2022 #359 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 minute ago, heywoodu said: It's not often one sees Bach making a statement that makes at least sort of sense. Of course if Russian sportspeople say they do not support the Ukraine war it might be wise for them to avoid 10th floor windows in case they should "accidently" fall from them... heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,200 Posted October 1, 2022 #360 Share Posted October 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, heywoodu said: It's not often one sees Bach making a statement that makes at least sort of sense. He clearly deserves the title of Olympic Champion, 1976, Fencing. from now on heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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