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Adjusted rankings for men

On 4/16/2024 at 11:34 PM, mpjmcevoy said:

To those of us of a certain vintage, British gymnast (or Irish for that matter) was an oxymoron on the level of a Samoan luger. Sure, it was technically possible, but they weren't gonna win much. Neil Thomas was legendary for his seemingly lone bid to make British gymnastics actually mean something, until the arrival of Beth Tweddle, who probably ought to have ben the first Olympic gold. But for Max to be sitting on 3 Olympic golds, 6 medals including an AA medal, and be in the conversation for the greatest pommel worker of all time...

 

He will be missed.

In 1996 no British gymnast finished in the top 50 in any Olympic event.

9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

About time for a new Hajo Seppelt special  

Any idea what time the programme will air tomorrow?

8 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

Nonsense as in wrongly reported news or nonsense as in China’s defence? 

As in it being far too early to report a disqualification.

The German TV station ARD, who researched the story and who are showing a documentary about it on Sunday, describe the story about the Chinese relay team being stripped of their gold medal as "Nonsense"

25 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Russia is out of the picture now, so it was about time the moved to China as the next target. I am surprised it was NewsCorp and not NBC leading the charge.

Yes, we haven't had a good Chinese swimming doping story since the team were caught smuggling growth hormone into Australia at the 1998 World Championships.

47 minutes ago, dullard said:

 

Just talked to a contact at ARD. They say it's probable the two stories are somehow connected but also say that the story about the Chinese relay team being stripped of gold is nonsense. Somebody added 2 and 2 together and got 22 as an answer to the sum.

2 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

For those that aren’t following road cycling day-to-day,  are having a great week after a few quiet ones.

 

Sunday - Tom Pidcock wins the Amstel Gold

Wednesday - Simon Williams wins the Fleche Wallonne

Thursday - Simon Carr takes Stage 4 of the Tour of the Alps.

Steven Williams 

Gracenote predictions are usually good but they do have some weaknesses.

They underestimate good performances by sportspeople breaking through to top level competition at a young age and, where certain parts of the world have a big advantage over other continents, they rely too much on older global results over newer continental results

6 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said:

Seems a bit bonkers in some ways that Broadhurst will become 'British' quicker than Ngamba, multiple British champion...

Well, all Amy has to do is to change "sporting nationality" rather than gain a "legal nationality" but yes, it is odd

On 4/10/2024 at 5:50 PM, Rafa Maciel said:

 

Joining them on the squad are Olympic qualified Rosie Eccles F66Kg and Cindy Ngamba W75Kg

Sorry that makes it sound like Ngamba is on the Team GB squad?

Is that a typo?

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

It does make it easier and better to view for non-regular viewers if the differences in the categories are only limited to the number of athletes in the boat and the oars (or however it's called) they're using, and something less visible like weight isn't really a thing anymore. Lightweight classes have often felt a bit like a category for rowers who are too small, like if there's a special volleyball competition for people under 1.65m  

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Said as someone who only watches rowing at the big events and isn't knowledgeable about it at all, I am aware of that  

 

Speaking as someone who is 1.64m tall I'm in favour of that rule

OK. Something odd seems to be going on. Somebody sent me a message that World Taekwondo are showing Jade Jones as being "suspended" in the Olympic Rankings. No one knows anything about this. Is this a big story or a mistake from WT?

Outside chances of medals in both medals in men's and women's events but there are other countries who are better prepared/

OK, If this was anything but clay there would be a reasonable chance of a medal.

But this is clay and Britain are not good at clay.

Maybe the men's doubles has a reasonable choice at a medal. Nothing else seems a  good chance.

Russian doping news from 2012. 

CAS has ruled that Yekaterina Poistogova-Guliyeva is to be stripped of her silver medal from the London Olympic 800m following evidence from the Moscow lab database

4 hours ago, Art Art said:

IOC bars Russian freestyle wrestler and two-time Olympic champion Abdulrashid Sadulaev from participating in Olympic qualificaiton. Sadulaev participated in rallies in support of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

It's being reported this was a UWW decision and not the IOC

Russian climbers will miss the qualifying competitions for the Olympic Games in Paris. Thus, athletes will not compete at the 2024 Olympics.

“ The only opportunity for Russians to qualify for the Olympics is a series of tournaments organized by the International Olympic Committee in Shanghai and Budapest. Russian athletes will not take part in them, so there will be no Russian climbers at the Olympics in Paris ,” TASS quotes the press service of the International Federation of Sport Climbing

4 minutes ago, Rafa Maciel said:

Think they were only eligible to compete in the single/double sculls and the pair right? 

Not completely sure

Finally

"Even earlier, the leadership of Russian artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, swimming, diving and weightlifting declared their reluctance to perform at international competitions and specifically at the Games in Paris in a discriminatory status. So it is already obvious that in Paris, if we see neutral Russians, it will be at a minimum."

Archery

"A few days earlier, Russian archers, who, we recall, won two silver medals at the Tokyo Games in 2021, abandoned the Olympics in Paris. “Firstly, our leading athletes represent Dynamo or CSKA. We interviewed the entire team. The team said that without a flag and anthem, in a gray uniform, they have no desire to participate in the selection and in the Olympic Games. "