Tokyo Summer Olympic Games 2020 News

[Monzanator 5,096]

Farah is too old and it finally shows. His road racing career has been a huge let down and guess he's got nothing else to do in life. Obviously he should retire after failing to qualify for Tokyo

[Dragon 2,066]

1 hour ago, Monzanator said:

Farah is too old and it finally shows. His road racing career has been a huge let down and guess he's got nothing else to do in life. Obviously he should retire after failing to qualify for Tokyo

I'm sure he will retire from serious athletics although he'll probably run a few marathons for the money.

 

[pdr4332 261]

17 hours ago, rybak said:

Sorry, but I dont have time to read all those posts wrote today. In short, what happened, about what is this whole disscusion? 

When I saw that Provocator is again hard at work I did not read back either.

 

But I assume the discussion has to do with IOC Rule 50

"The IOC's Rule 50 forbids any kind of "demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda" at venues and any other Olympic area."

 

In other words, how this rule has to be interpreted (what is a demonstration, political, religious or race related propaganda) and/or whether it is good or not that this rule exists.

[dcro 10,211]

Just to throw it out there, Mary Hanna (1954) will be the most senior athlete in Tokyo at 99,9%.

[AmericanHero40 243]

Are there dates for the draws for the individual sports?

 

Badminton, Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Tennis, Table Tennis, Karate, Taekwondo, Wrestling

 

 

[Grassmarket 4,280]

On 26/06/2021 at 14:06, Monzanator said:

Farah is too old and it finally shows. His road racing career has been a huge let down and guess he's got nothing else to do in life. Obviously he should retire after failing to qualify for Tokyo

Unfortunately his marathon failure was predictable. He won all his great races with a 600m burst: there were always a dozen better even-paced guys.

[Grassmarket 4,280]

On 26/06/2021 at 16:54, dharang said:

When I saw that Provocator is again hard at work I did not read back either.

 

But I assume the discussion has to do with IOC Rule 50

"The IOC's Rule 50 forbids any kind of "demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda" at venues and any other Olympic area."

 

In other words, how this rule has to be interpreted (what is a demonstration, political, religious or race related propaganda) and/or whether it is good or not that this rule exists.

The IOC are under orders to crack down now because otherwise there will be even more demonstrations in Beijing.  Which will emphatically not be permitted.

[heywoodu 16,459]

33 minutes ago, Maxim Fastovsky said:

Are there dates for the draws for the individual sports?

 

Badminton, Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Tennis, Table Tennis, Karate, Taekwondo, Wrestling

 

 

And the rugby sevens? It's basically the last sport I need in my own schedule

[AmericanHero40 243]

Just now, heywoodu said:

And the rugby sevens? It's basically the last sport I need in my own schedule

Rugby is according to rankings of the last 2 sevens world series, The groups are

 

New Zealand/Australia/Argentina/Korea

Fiji/UK/Canada/Japan

South Africa/USA/Kenya/Ireland

[intoronto 6,887]

Beach volleyball is July 5th in Moscow.