Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 News

[heywoodu 16,461]

Without trying to be shot or something, so treading very carefully: I can't say I am entirely unhappy with certain Russian and Belarussian athletes being allowed to compete in Paris under a neutral flag and when fulfilling certain individual criteria.

 

The entire situation is a massive hot mess and it is going to be utterly impossible to agree on which one solution is the best thing, but this one seems at the very least slightly acceptable (and better than both excluding every single Russian and Belarussian athlete no matter what or letting every single one in).

[NearPup 4,180]

2 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142868/ukraine-concerned-over-russian
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/67663582

 

"Ukraine had threatened to boycott the Games if the ban was not upheld but Ukraine's sports minister Vadym Huttsait told Reuters in July it could drop that threat if Russian and Belarusian athletes were made to compete under a neutral flag"

[Federer91 3,385]

There goes our chances for quotas in wrestling and boxing 

[mpjmcevoy 377]

4 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142868/ukraine-concerned-over-russian
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/67663582

Like I said, no boycott

[Olympian1010 8,299]

Schism emerging over surfing venue in Tahiti.

 

Paris 2024 statement: https://press.paris2024.org/news/organisation-of-surfing-competitions-for-the-olympic-games-in-teahupoo-reaction-to-the-international-surfing-associations-proposal-62a5-7578a.html

[Orangehair43 315]

I suspect in the end the surfing competition will get cancelled. 

[phelps 8,705]

5 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

I suspect in the end the surfing competition will get cancelled. 

 

Stoooooooooop!!!!!!!!!!

 

please, stop this troll and his fuckin' bullshit!

 

a new judges' tower will be built and ready by the WSL event in May, it's already been approved and supported by the majority of the French-Polynesia Parliament.

 

anything else, it's bullshit.

[JoshMartini007 2,861]

No clearly the water sport coalition will form a boycott. Say goodbye to sailing, canoeing, rowing, swimming, 1/3 of the triathlon and the 3000m steeplechase

[orangeman 2,876]

On 12/23/2023 at 5:28 PM, JoshMartini007 said:

No clearly the water sport coalition will form a boycott. Say goodbye to sailing, canoeing, rowing, swimming, 1/3 of the triathlon and the 3000m steeplechase

On a positive note, diving will become the most popular event as the athletes jump into a vat of salsa.  

Edited December 25, 2023 by orangeman

[Orangehair43 315]

https://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/39271621/ukrainian-athletes-ask-france-ban-russia-2024-olympics