International Olympic Committee News

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6 hours ago, Dragon said:

"once it returns to compliance" would mean it renounces its claim to Crimea...

Can't see that happening any time soon.

I don't think it's about the Crimea issue. It goes back to 2014, and then Russia started normally. At that time, the problem was organized doping. Another 3-4 years of a total ban for Russia and the sport there will completely collapse. Most of the current stars will either end their careers or go to other countries to compete (for now this think isn`t on a mass scale but I think that soon there will be a movement. For now, there is still waiting). 

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8 hours ago, copravolley said:

I don't think it's about the Crimea issue. It goes back to 2014, and then Russia started normally. At that time, the problem was organized doping. Another 3-4 years of a total ban for Russia and the sport there will completely collapse. Most of the current stars will either end their careers or go to other countries to compete (for now this think isn`t on a mass scale but I think that soon there will be a movement. For now, there is still waiting). 

top athletes are still paid well enough to keep them in the country. that also means that they degrade and wouldn't be good enough for any other country

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14 hours ago, vovanA said:

top athletes are still paid well enough to keep them in the country. that also means that they degrade and wouldn't be good enough for any other country

Bolshunov always seemed strange to me. He has a terrible character - many times after defeats he threw ski poles, broke them, etc. In the world of skiing this rarely happens.

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6 hours ago, copravolley said:

Bolshunov always seemed strange to me. He has a terrible character - many times after defeats he threw ski poles, broke them, etc. In the world of skiing this rarely happens.

He's too emotional and crazy about winning, especially comparing to Scandinavians

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Stanislav Pozdniakov resigned from the presidency of the Russian Olympic Committee 

[Dragon 2,026]

India has proposed Kabbadi to be added to the Games if they win the bid for 2036

Also proposed is competitive Yoga and Kho kho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kho_kho

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7 hours ago, Dragon said:

India has proposed Kabbadi to be added to the Games if they win the bid for 2036

Also proposed is competitive Yoga and Kho kho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kho_kho

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kho_Kho_World_Cup

 

Curious to see the level of competitiveness

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14 hours ago, Dragon said:

India has proposed Kabbadi to be added to the Games if they win the bid for 2036

Also proposed is competitive Yoga and Kho kho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kho_kho

Though I don't agree with Kho Kho and Yoga as Olympic games, I don't see why should we not put them on the long list as sports we are ready to drop. And if Lacrosse, Flag Football, Breaking can be Olympic sports, anything can be. Of course this all depends on us actually winning the right to host. There was much enthusiasm around bidding when Mumbai hosted IOC session but after that (and after Modi's reduced mandate in last elections) I am not sensing same commitment from government. And even if govt. was fully committed, winning the rights is not easy.  

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On 11/5/2024 at 2:03 PM, Dragon said:

India has proposed Kabbadi to be added to the Games if they win the bid for 2036

Also proposed is competitive Yoga and Kho kho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kho_kho

Not another RayGun please.

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On 12/25/2024 at 3:20 PM, Gianlu33 said:

From an Italian newspaper: "Watanabe proposes an unprecedented format of the Summer Olympics: to hold them simultaneously in five cities on five continents so as to ensure that they are televised 24 hours a day. The cities would be decided on the basis of several factors, the first of which would be the climatic aspect favourable to athletes, and ten disciplines would be held in each of them."

This might be unpopular but it would allow way more sports and quotas and cities to host at a lower cost.