Cross-Country Skiing at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

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5 hours ago, FireRun said:

One possible positive test (we will see what the B sample says) shouldn't ban a whole country. Especially now when athletes are tested much more thoroughly than ever before. Russians are under a microscope and if they are doping they will get caught. Let the clean athletes compete for their nation and ban those who do doping. Stop this political nonsense in sports. 

I my post, I did not advocate banning Russia, just pointed out that this particular sanction is useless.

[Quaker2001 251]

5 hours ago, FireRun said:

One possible positive test (we will see what the B sample says) shouldn't ban a whole country. Especially now when athletes are tested much more thoroughly than ever before. Russians are under a microscope and if they are doping they will get caught. Let the clean athletes compete for their nation and ban those who do doping. Stop this political nonsense in sports. 

That's better.  The athletes should be able to compete.  The "for their nation" part is the problem.  Russia does not deserve their country to be recognized at the Olympics and having Russia in the name of the team is a tiny slap on the wrist.

[Federer91 2,793]

6 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

That's better.  The athletes should be able to compete.  The "for their nation" part is the problem.  Russia does not deserve their country to be recognized at the Olympics and having Russia in the name of the team is a tiny slap on the wrist.

Oh my, how many years we have to chew this. The only people who care about this are agenda politicians, media moralists and pretentious bookworms. You can try to hide it behind 5 walls and 10 doors, but in the end Russia is Russia and this whole thing has been a failed circus from the beginning. 

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7 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

It will likely be extended after the figure skating debacle.

Hopefully. I think Russia will set a record for their most medals ever. Clearly they have no intention to stop their doping program. The best would be to just exclude all athletes who are stationed in Russia.

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6 hours ago, Federer91 said:

Oh my, how many years we have to chew this. The only people who care about this are agenda politicians, media moralists and pretentious bookworms. You can try to hide it behind 5 walls and 10 doors, but in the end Russia is Russia and this whole thing has been a failed circus from the beginning. 

I am guessing commentators everywhere call them Russians anyway, yes. Except for probably those English Eurosport commentators who read all their things from their little fact sheets  I am 99% sure they go with "Russian Olympic Committee athletes" or something

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Nepryaeva DNF after 20 minutes.

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So, everything is clear after 30 minutes 😃

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Johaug might go and win this.

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Justyna Kowalczyk foreshadowing Ebba Anderson's collapse

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Can't believe the only way to see this in USA is on streaming.