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The violinist Vanessa Mae will not ski for Thailand in Korea. She crashed and hurt her shoulder and was advised to rest it or else it could affect her musical career. Luckily Thailand have another female skier who can compete.

IBU Press Release 20 January 2018 Antholz - Anterselva, Italy As a consequence of the official investigation report by the Austrian Criminal Investigation Authorities related to the IBU World Championships Hochfilzen 2017 the Italian police executed a search warrant issued by Bolzano Prosecutor on the accommodation premises and vehicles of the national biathlon team of Kazakhstan today. The results of the search are not yet known.

Oops, He's already here but i confused his name with the baseball player Mariano Rivera. Just gone back and corrected the mistake.

And, as I understand it, we have a new country competing. The women's hockey team will compete as United Korea not South or North,

Any news on Pita in Iceland?

It takes months for the IAAF to ratify any world record.

After Coleman set the record he had to drive 230 km from Clemson to Atlanta which was the nearest city where he could take a USADA drug test. If he hadn't done this the record would not have counted.

Case #40 (United States #5) Athlete: Francisco Rivera Sport: Non-Olympic (MMA) Duration: 48 Months Expiration: August 17th, 2020 Substance: Testosterone Source: https://ufc.usada.org/francisco-rivera-recieves-doping-sanction/

Case #39 (United States #4) Athlete: Bill Beyer Sport: Triathlon Duration: 24 Months Expiration: May 12th, 2019 Substance: Testosterone Source: https://www.usada.org/bill-beyer-accepts-doping-sanction/

Case #36 (Russia #2) Athlete: Antonina Skorobogatchenko Sport: Handball Duration: 20 Months Expiration: May 12th, 2019 Substance: Meldonium Source: http://www.eurohandball.com/article/029961/EHF+Court+of+Handball+releases+decision+following+doping+violations Case #37 (Russia #3) Athlete: Maria Duvakina Sport: Handball Duration: 20 Months Expiration: May 12th, 2019 Substance: Meldonium Source: http://www.eurohandball.com/article/029961/EHF+Court+of+Handball+releases+decision+following+doping+violations Case #38 (Russia #4) Athlete: Mariia Dudina Sport: Handball Duration: 20 Months Expiration: May 12th, 2019 Substance: Meldonium Source: http://www.eurohandball.com/article/029961/EHF+Court+of+Handball+releases+decision+following+doping+violations

Italy have a bigger problem with amateur sportspeople cheating than most countries but at the professional level it's not worse than other nations

Case #35 (Italy #11) Athlete: Domenico Garofalo Sport: Cycliing - Road Duration: 6 Months Expiration: November 8th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/

Case #32 (Italy #8) Athlete: Sara Fallaha Sport: Weightlifting Duration: 48 Months Expiration: November 8th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/ Case #33 (Italy #9) Athlete: Cinzia Pecoraro Sport: Weightlifting Duration: 48 Months Expiration: November 8th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/ Case #34 (Italy #10) Athlete: Giovanni Vernile Sport: Weightlifting Duration: 48 Months Expiration: November 8th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/

I will be posting something later about this And more bad news for Gianlu33

Carla Marangoni - Gymnastics - 1928 Olympics(!)- Died 18 January Olympic silver medallist. Last survivor of Amsterdam Olympics. Was oldest living Olympic medallist and lived 89 years after her Olympic appearance

Case #30 (Great Britain #1) Athlete: Craig Hoare Sport: Non-Olympic (Rugby Union) Duration: 48 Months Expiration: May 4th, 2021 Substance: Drostanolone, Methylhexaneamine Source: https://www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule-violations/current-violations/ Case #31 (Zimbabwe #1) Athlete: Donald Kudangirana Sport: Non-Olympic (Rugby Union) Duration: 43 Months Expiration: August 29th, 2020 Substance: Drostanolone, Testosterone Source: https://www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule-violations/current-violations/

It'll take a few weeks before US Anti-Doping make a final decision

Any more races that could change this before Monday?

Francisco Saubidet Birkner? Another from the skiing family? They have more Olympians than some small countries...

http://www.tiranatimes.com/?p=135408 Problem for Albania

Thread was meant as a kind of tribute to those who died this year. But we can get rid of it if people find it a bit strange.

Sorry - mistake - changed to 2

Jojo White - Basketball - 1984 Olympics - Died 14 January Olympic champion