heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 21, 2020 #121 Share Posted February 21, 2020 God knows who Pirmin Lang of all places is but apparently his conscious started acting up. He did beat Cancellara once https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/nc-switserland/2016/result 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...
Olympian1010 7,479 Posted February 22, 2020 #122 Share Posted February 22, 2020 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Liu 1,592 Posted February 27, 2020 #123 Share Posted February 27, 2020 CAS will announce the result of Sun Yang case tomorrow. Can’t wait to see the finale of this big drama. Big event for Chinese sport fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted February 27, 2020 #124 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Meanwhile as expected CAS annulled Filippo Magnini's 4 year ban - it turns out that some sort of evidence is needed to ban an athlete... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted February 28, 2020 #125 Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 19/02/2020 at 16:09, Grassmarket said: ‘Fraid so. Too much too young really, but London was 8 years ago now. Had the unique honour of being Olympic Champion before she became World Youth Champion. And Youth Olympic champion too. Imagine going to the YOG with a gold medal at the 'big' Olympics. Insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Liu 1,592 Posted February 28, 2020 #126 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Sun Yang will be banned for 8 years from today. phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,872 Posted February 28, 2020 #127 Share Posted February 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, Vic Liu said: Sun Yang will be banned for 8 years from today. that's a big anticipation... now it's about 10.30 a.m. CET, but CAS website, despite yesterday's announcement, hasn't posted anything official yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,872 Posted February 28, 2020 #128 Share Posted February 28, 2020 by the way, they have published an interesting update of the WADA vs RUSADA fight... https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/CAS_Media_Release_6689.pdf basically, no agreement between the parties = no public hearing and said hearing won't happen before the end of April... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted February 28, 2020 #129 Share Posted February 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, phelps said: that's a big anticipation... now it's about 10.30 a.m. CET, but CAS website, despite yesterday's announcement, hasn't posted anything official yet... It is confirmed. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1091172/sun-yang-banned-for-eight-years Although the title is wrong. CAS can't ban anyone, they just upheld WADA's decision. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 28, 2020 #130 Share Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Vic Liu said: Sun Yang will be banned for 8 years from today. And the world of swimming will not miss that moron for a minute Edited February 28, 2020 by heywoodu Olympian1010 1 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...
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