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  1. Quaker2001
    He might be right. If that's what it takes for the Olympics to go on, so be it. That's no consolation for Japan, but better for the IOC and the sports federations
  2. Quaker2001
    No question there's concerns and the IOC has proven themselves over the years to be terrible at public relations. When the pandemic first took over the world, their initial response was "we're good for this summer, no backup plan." A week later, it was "we have to go to a backup plan" Bach is a bad front man for the IOC, but the entire organization needs a swift kick in the ass, not just him. The Olympics are a massive logistical challenge. They can't be working on all sorts of plans at once or else they'll lose focus on what they're trying to do. Yes, they should at least have 1 backup plan beyond this summer, even if that plan means cancellation.
  3. Quaker2001
    Tahiti approved by IOC as surfing venue for Paris 2024 Olympic Games Yes, that's a one off, but sometimes those things are allowed. And it'll probably start happening more often in the future.
  4. Quaker2001
    Japan PM says determined to realise Olympics, will cooperate with Tokyo and IOC
  5. Quaker2001
    It's 6 months out from the Olympics. They'll wait this out at least a little longer because if they have to cancel, why make that call now? I know this is the group that same last March they were going ahead and then reversed course a week later. But that was with the entire world essentially shut down. COVID is still here, but we're slowing learning to co-exist with it and be able to test and manage for it better. Holding the Olympics this summer is probably still a bad idea. But is it worse than *not* holding the Olympics this summer
  6. Quaker2001
    Japan has already been in bed with the IOC for 7.5 years. Adding another 11 may be more than Japan is willing to handle. I don't know what happens if they have to cancel. But I'm not sure Japan would agree now to taking 2032
  7. Quaker2001
    Absolutely love to see the Americans doing so well at the Tour this year, although need to see if they can keep it up once more of the races are primarily classic. And boo to NBC and American television that they're not televising these races and instead just putting a world feed on a premium service. What a shame this is the year they had to stop producing their own broadcasts
  8. Quaker2001
    The current situation is what matters. What will matter is the situation come July. Beyond just the fate of the Olympics, for the sake of the world let's hope it starts to get better sooner rather than later. I'm cautiously optimistic we'll have an Olympics, somehow some what. Too much political capital on the line for the country and the city to let it fail again
  9. Quaker2001
    Best defense in the NFL and they allow the Bills to put a 50-spot on them. They're all about the future at this point, they never expected to do much this year, but not a good way to finish the season
  10. Quaker2001
    Great job by Jessie and Rosie. Incredible to see continued American success in women's cross-country. Would have been nice to get a full TV broadcast here in the states, but certainly can't complain with the results!
  11. Quaker2001
    And you would be correct about that.. Russia’s ban from Olympics, world championships now two years Similar to 2018, they can complete so long as "Neutral Athlete" is as prominent on their uniforms as "Russia"
  12. Quaker2001
    Yea, I don't think the Tokyo 2020 organizers are going to be too upset that these got posted on a semi-public website. Putting "confidential" on them probably just means not to widely share them with the media or with athletes or whoever else. But that they happen to get leaked on a website somewhere, not exactly a major problem. A lot of the info is out there anyway and obviously most of the information (minus the minute by minute breakdowns) is already on Tokyo's own website.
  13. Quaker2001
    I did a big Excel document for PyeongChang in 2018, largely for the purposes of tracking American television coverage. So I'm doing something similar here. Not quite the same as the line by line version you have, but once we get closer to the Olympics, I'll upload it to a shared site so I can reference it from here.
  14. Quaker2001
    This was the logo the franchise had used for decades and finally retired a few years ago.. So I can understand what they might want to move away from that history. No question this nation has an odd relationship with its own history of racism and discrimination that it sometimes a lot of people aren't fully aware of. It's been suggested for years that the Indians drop the logo and then the name, so this isn't just something from the media. And they're trying to get out in front of it, unlike with the Washington Football Team, where a major sponsor threatens to pull their funding if nothing changes.
  15. Quaker2001
    That news had been rumored by the Indians for awhile. Was only a matter of time before it was going to happen
  16. Quaker2001
    I know it's not the same with all the Scandinavian skiers missing, but that's amazing to see an American win consecutive days! Great job, Rosie!!
  17. Quaker2001
    New format is good. It works much better as a table so all the columns are aligned. I'm working on a Microsoft Excel grid version of the schedule. And on that note.. This is outstanding. Was wondering if anywhere had an individual breakdown of specific times for each sport. So this is exactly what I've been looking for all in 1 spot. Thanks for sharing!
  18. Quaker2001
    Doesn't seem like an Olympic "sport" and rather something that's just there to draw in a younger audience. Cool idea, but I don't know how much interest it's going to generate.
  19. Quaker2001
    Some interesting developments here. Glad to see them streamlining things, even if it sucks for a sport like weightlifting
  20. Quaker2001
    How about right here... Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 7.pdf
  21. Quaker2001
    Fair point. We know PyeongChang ran into a ton of issues with the alpine venues because they didn't anticipate the wind conditions. Not sure if there are any sort of similar concerns with Beijing. Somewhat sad state of affairs with the Olympics that they are potentially trying to avoid the middle of the day because it's not cold enough.
  22. Quaker2001
    They've been pushing having events at night for awhile now. I recall some of the technical alpine events in 2006 in Torino being a night. So that's no longer a restricution. Yes, at this point most things are optimized for attendance. So each sport/event is looking out for themselves for the most part rather than trying to fit into the bigger picture of the whole schedule
  23. Quaker2001
    1 correction for you.. the men's ice hockey gold medal game is the 2nd-to-last event. The women's 30km cross-country will take place after, which is the same as PyeongChang.
  24. Quaker2001
    Well, we also know whose television preferences run the show. And we know that's not coming from Asia or Europe
  25. Quaker2001
    Ehh... figure skating works a lot better for North America than it does for Europe where it's being held in the middle of the night. No coincidence that's being held in the morning in Beijing. You're probably right on all that. It's largely the individual sport federations setting their schedules. Still shouldn't leave as many gaps in the action as it does. Again, Vancouver didn't have that issue, particularly with the hockey schedules where all the games were spaced out
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