International Olympic Committee News

[dcro 10,210]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

I thought all of that was supposed to be copied one-on-one to the IOC's website..? Can't find it there though, and definitely not in a format that's as perfect as sports-reference  

 

I'm afraid that will not happen for a long while (if ever). IOC development team is really not that trustworthy. They proved it time and time again.

[heywoodu 14,942]

35 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

I'm afraid that will not happen for a long while (if ever). IOC development team is really not that trustworthy. They proved it time and time again.

 

I do have faith in the people behind the actual data and stories though, so I'm not gonna give up hope yet  

[dcro 10,210]

This gives me a hope that I may not have been the trigger after all...

 

[Olympian1010 7,951]

10 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I thought all of that was supposed to be copied one-on-one to the IOC's website..? Can't find it there though, and definitely not in a format that's as perfect as sports-reference  

 

8 hours ago, dcro said:

 

I'm afraid that will not happen for a long while (if ever). IOC development team is really not that trustworthy. They proved it time and time again.

Okay, so just a little explanation courtesy of @Dragon. He gave me this info when we were planning the future of Totallympics Media. He joined OlyMADmen in 2008, and for a while they licensed out their data from their private Olympedia database to SR. Then the IOC bought out their data in 2016. Here’s an article about that acquisition: https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2017/02/27/Olympics/Olympedia.aspx

 

Since then the IOC allowed allowed SR/Olympics to stay open until the new website was ready. The plan was for the IOC database to be ready by 2020, but IOC changed their digital strategy, and so there’s a been a delay. Dragon is hopeful the data will be published before Tokyo 2020 next year. 

[intoronto 5,620]

Your best friend is web archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20180815053437/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/

[heywoodu 14,942]

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

 

Okay, so just a little explanation courtesy of @Dragon. He gave me this info when we were planning the future of Totallympics Media. He joined OlyMADmen in 2008, and for a while they licensed out their data from their private Olympedia database to SR. Then the IOC bought out their data in 2016. Here’s an article about that acquisition: https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2017/02/27/Olympics/Olympedia.aspx

 

Since then the IOC allowed allowed SR/Olympics to stay open until the new website was ready. The plan was for the IOC database to be ready by 2020, but IOC changed their digital strategy, and so there’s a been a delay. Dragon is hopeful the data will be published before Tokyo 2020 next year. 

 

Oh my gosh I am so shocked a major federation/company/whatever changes their 'digital strategy'

[dcro 10,210]

I have been reviewing some results... And apparently Mario Deslauriers could be just about the unluckiest Olympian ever.

 

He contested 4 show jumping events in total during 1984 and 1988. In 3/4 of those events he placed 4th! Every time very close to the podium.

 

1984 team - 0.75 penalties away from the bronze

1984 individual - contested the jump-off for bronze

1988 team - 1.25 penalties away from the bronze

[Federer91 2,728]

Is CAS working at the moment? Did everybody forget that the IOC banned Russia from competing at all major events? 

 

Now that the OG were moved to 2021 there is soooooo much time for a ruling. 

[phelps 7,662]

the cheaters' gang strikes again...

 

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/05/22/olympics/wada-finds-no-link-therapeutic-exemptions-olympic-medals/#.Xsz8q2gzZaQ

 

how can you still trust this bunch of ***??? it's clear that they're just a political instrument and they don't have any intention to fight for a clean sport...

[Dunadan 1,103]

25 minutes ago, phelps said:

the cheaters' gang strikes again...

 

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/05/22/olympics/wada-finds-no-link-therapeutic-exemptions-olympic-medals/#.Xsz8q2gzZaQ

 

how can you still trust this bunch of ***??? it's clear that they're just a political instrument and they don't have any intention to fight for a clean sport...

Nice study:

 

https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/news/2020-05/wada-study-reveals-no-meaningful-link-between-tues-and-the-likelihood-of-winning

 

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2020/05/06/bjsports-2020-102028

 

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Our number of TUEs is lower than that in other reports. We considered only TUEs valid between the opening and the closing of the Games. Previous papers generally considered a TUE valid if it was in force at any time after the opening of the Olympic Village, which is a few weeks earlier.

No problem in that, you can be on (insert drug) for years, just stop on the opening day of the Games and we won't count you among the TUE users.