Dragon

Also I think I'm right that Slovakia declared independence in the middle of the game.

A little explanation. In those days if a series of matches was tied before the final game of 5, the rules allowed the final game to be played until it concluded. Unfortunately three days in the middle of the match were completely lost to rain. On the 12th and last day England needed 50 more to win but it started raining again with three hours of play left. It didn't stop raining at all and the train to meet the ship taking them home was due to leave five hours later. One plan was for all the England players to take the ship except for the six players who still had to bat but eventually they all left for home

https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-executive-board-approves-medal-reallocations-from-olympic-games-london-2012-1

Just in case you don't know about this list. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/recent_deaths

The IOC have had a problem with all kinds of birds ever the great mass dove grilling incident at the 1988 opening ceremony...

Rumours of some Olympic medals to be reallocated today

Quite a drop. Only Japan were better than Britain in the early 1980s.

The message I'm getting is that the decision on team sports also applies to team events in individual sport. Which means no gymnastics teams (although that was virtually certain anyway), no teams in fencing or archery, no artistic swimmers, no Medvedev and Rublev teaming up in men's doubles tennis.

News leaking out from the IOC meeting.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1135251/iba-ioc-officials I've said this before but if boxing wants to keep a place at the Olympics it really has to dump the IBA and form a new world governing body very quickly

Other Russian sources are saying he died of a brain hemorrhage while he was sleeping. I do wonder how many times he landed on his head during training.

Result Men 1 Morales 2 Bonfim 3 Cui 4 Dunfee

Also

If you use a skateboard instead of a table tennis bat then you instantly increase your street cred...

The Daniel Plaza excuse still makes me giggle...

There was a French runner who claimed her positive test was the result of running through puddles of water near a factory that produced chemicals...

RIP Ron Cooper (GBR) who has died at age 95. One of the last boxers from the 1948 Olympics/

The story I'm hearing from journalist friends is that the IOC still wants boxing for the 2024 and 2028 Olympics but is almost certain to throw the IBA out of the Olympic movement. This year might be the final championships that the IBA ever holds.

Considering the amount of players with a Nigerian background in the NBA and NFL, how much potential could a baseball team have in the future?