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The IWF reports that as a consequence of the IOC’s reanalyses of samples from the 2012 London Olympic Games, the samples of the following Athletes have returned Adverse Analytical Findings: CIRICU, Anatoli (MDA) – Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (S1.1 Anabolic agents) In line with the relevant rules and regulations, the IWF imposed mandatory provisional suspensions upon the Athletes, who remain provisionally suspended in view of potential anti-doping rule violations until their cases are closed. Following the IOC’s decisions, the IWF will be in a position to take over the results management of these cases. Should it be determined in any of the cases that no anti-doping violation was committed, the relevant decision shall also be published. The IWF will not make any further comments on the cases until they are closed.

There appears to be no problems wit the TUE given to Simone Biles or the basketball player. We also know Venus Williams is struggling with a serious illness. I am worried about the number of TUEs given to Serena Williams for painkillers.

The 2011 World Champions beat the 1938 World Champions

Yesterday six - Today it;s 2 more https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-two-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008

The Sincraian situation is complicated. The Romanian press are saying that his sample from Rio was negative but there are some anomalies with the results that mean his B sample will be tested immediately

Nothing confirmed yet by IOC.

Verstappen fan.....

6 weeks ago Lidia Valentin of Spain had no Olympic medals. By the end of 2016 she could have a gold from London, a silver from Beijing and a bronze from Rio

3 boats from the same class go down the course at the same time. Time taken when boat 3 breaks the line.

Archery: Remove the men's/women's team events and replace with mixed pairs Athletics: Add the women's 50k walk as soon as possible to even up the programme. Limit marathon to 100 starters. Only 2 semi-finals in each event Beach volleyball: Agree to expand to 32 teams per gender Boxing: Give final warning to governing body. Any more allegations of corruption and the sport goes. However if it stays then women's boxing divisions should be doubled. Canoeing: Small addition in quotas in sprint. Add team events in slalom. Cycling: Small reduction in entrants in road race. Add downhill mountain biking. Reintroduction of individual pursuit for men and women. Diving: Look at introduction of mixed synchro. Fencing: If possible combined all team events into 1 all-around team event, 1 fencer from each weapon (Is that practical?) Football: Remove the age limit. Make it a mini World Cup with 16 not 32 teams, Golf: Introduce a 3-person team event. Identical format to the Dunhill Cup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Dunhill_Cup Gymnastics: Rhythmic out - tumbling in. Rowing: Venue must be more "weather-proof" than Rio Rugby sevens: Expand to 16 teams? Swimming: Introduce 50m fly, back,breast Synchro: Sorry - must go. Table tennis: Replace team events with doubles (1 pair per nation) Taekwondo: No limit on team sizes. In some cases the 5th best in a country would have been a medal contender but since only 4 can go to the Olympics they have to stay at home. Triathlon: Add mixed relay Water polo: Expand to 12 women's teams Weightlifting:Give final warning to governing body. Any more allegations of corruption and the sport goes Wrestling: Remove Greco-Roman Also Baseball/Softball - No addition of the sport until players from the US Major Leagues are guaranteed to be there. You wouldn't watch the 100 metres if the 1000 best sprinters were missing - so why watch baseball when their 1000 best players won't be there. Karate - No place for karate as there are too many combat sports already. Frankly it's not as interesting as the current sports anyway

This is a different kind of retirement I know some of the people on this forum use http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/ The bad news is that it will be closing down in the next few months. The good news is that the data will be transferred to the IOC website where it will become the IOC Olympic Statistical Database. see http://olympstats.com/2016/08/21/the-olymadmen-and-olympstats-and-sports-reference/

IAAF had nothing to do with this decision. The IOC rules allowed him to compete for Spain 6 weeks earlier than the IAAF rules.

O.K. So i found out exactly what happened in the keirin final. It proved impossible to disqualify anybody for overtaking the derny because the UCI had not installed a camera on the line where the derny pulls off, The only camera angle were head on or slightly at an angle to the line and neither could not be used to determine exactly who had broken the rules. Big mess by the UCI

Swimmer Theodora Gianeni of Greece has been sent home from Rio after a positive test

For a game with just 1 score that was amazing...

I used to play this from when I was a kid of 8-9 years old. As good as it looks on TV you can't realize how much fun it is to play.

I'd hate to be the man who tweeted that out. Must be a really boring guy

I think rugby sevens at the Oympics is a success so far.

Not Vourna, she competed. If the reports are correct and it is a female swimmer then there are only 3 possibilities. The 2 50m freestylers or the marathon swimmer

Good luck to Brazil. Great Britain loved 2012 - now it is the time of Brazil to shine

Probably best to say "The Israeli government" rather than just Israel

"This is most satisfactory"

Especially as he was very ill with cancer not long ago

The traditional view is that the more difficult the XC course the more it will suit Germany, Great Britain and New Zealand.

The final decision on Russian swimmers is about to be announced