NearPup 2,156 Posted January 25, 2018 #11 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Olympic team (now with the specific distances): Kim Boutin - 500m, 1,000m, 1,500m, women's relay Kasandra Bradette - women's relay Jamie Macdonald - 500m, women's relay Valerie Maltais - 1,000m, 1,500m, women's relay Marianne St-Gelais - 500m, 1,000m, 1,500m, women's relay Charle Cournoyer - 1,000m, men's relay Pascal Dion - 1,500m, men's relay Samuel Girard - 500m, 1,000m, 1,500m, men's relay Charles Hamelin - 500m, 1,000m, 1,500m, men's relay François Hamelin — men's relay heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,690 Posted January 25, 2018 #12 Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Looks like Russia are definitely out of the men's relay Edited January 25, 2018 by Dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,781 Posted January 25, 2018 #13 Share Posted January 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Dragon said: Looks like Russia are definitely out of the men's relay yes, they only have 3 guys starting in Pyeongchang: Semen Elistratov, Pavel Sitnikov and Alexander Shulginov meanwhile the girls are 4: Ekaterina Efremenkova, Ekaterina Konstantinova, Emina Malagich and Sofya Prosvirnova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimast 88 Posted January 26, 2018 #14 Share Posted January 26, 2018 An open letter from Victor An to the IOC President Thomas Bach Dear Mr. President Thomas Bach, Back in 2002, I got my first opportunity to participate in Olympic Games. The present ones in Korea were supposed to become an especially significant part of my career for several reasons. Two weeks before the start of the Olympics I found out that the Olympic movement does not consider me an athlete, who deserves to be a part of it without even providing an explanation. During my entire career journey in short track, I’ve never given a reason to doubt my honesty and my integrity, especially when it comes to my victories which I achieved with nothing but my strength and dedication. I have always maintained respect to the sport itself, my rivals, the Olympic movement, and I’ve always complied with the anti-doping legislation. I honestly thought that properly completing all the steps to meet the criteria to be a part of the Olympic Games, a "clean" athlete deserves a right to compete there. However, the IOC commission has decided otherwise and didn’t provide me with reasons why so. I thoroughly went over the criteria which commission utilized when they made this decision. I can honestly declare that I haven’t done anything that would justify putting me on the list of athletes barred from participating in the Olympic Games. It is outrageous that there is no concrete reason which explains my exclusion from the Olympics, and furthermore people now view me as an athlete who used doping. After all these years in sports, this verdict of preventing me to be in Olympics has become a symbol of mistrust to me from the side of IOC as well as the reason of mistrust from the side of the entire sport community. I hope that the IOC will ultimately declare their reason for my exclusion, so I will be able to defend my honor and dignity. I have a full right to believe and hope that I have the trust of my supporters, as well as journalists, after my long journey in short-track and with absolute absence of my fault in this situation, when I’m deprived an opportunity to participate in the Olympics. Sincerely Yours, Viktor An Naive Victor)) You were banned from the Olympics because you compete for a terrible Russia and won in a terrible Sochi 3 gold medals thepharoah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahjfcshfghb 285 Posted January 26, 2018 #15 Share Posted January 26, 2018 https://www.change.org/p/international-olympic-committee-let-victor-ahn-compete-at-pyeongchang-2018 Let’s see how far this can go.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxim Fastovsky 124 Posted January 26, 2018 #16 Share Posted January 26, 2018 58 minutes ago, ahjfcshfghb said: https://www.change.org/p/international-olympic-committee-let-victor-ahn-compete-at-pyeongchang-2018 Let’s see how far this can go.. i dont think a change.org petitions ever worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahjfcshfghb 285 Posted January 27, 2018 #17 Share Posted January 27, 2018 4 hours ago, Maxim Fastovsky said: i dont think a change.org petitions ever worked They can. Not often, but they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,201 Posted January 27, 2018 #18 Share Posted January 27, 2018 5 hours ago, Maxim Fastovsky said: i dont think a change.org petitions ever worked I have seen some work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimast 88 Posted January 27, 2018 #19 Share Posted January 27, 2018 (edited) 15 часов назад, ahjfcshfghb сказал: https://www.change.org/p/international-olympic-committee-let-victor-ahn-compete-at-pyeongchang-2018 Let’s see how far this can go.. Unfortunately, this doesnt help. Those who went to this fucking lawlessness will never back down. Edited January 27, 2018 by Dimast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted February 2, 2018 #20 Share Posted February 2, 2018 North Korea's male skater went down hard in his first training and sustained an injury. It's not sure yet whether or not he'll be fit enough to compete. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/sports/2018/02/702_243531.html?utm_source=dable 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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