Dragon

This project is strictly Olympic Games only.

FYI - The Olympedia database is now available to the public. http://www.olympedia.org/ With an explanation here https://olympstats.com/2020/05/27/olympedia-now-open-to-the-public/

The worst year for deaths of Olympians in the last decade saw 524 deaths, last year saw the fewest deaths - 472 At the present rate we're on course for about 480 deaths this year.

Luckily i have access to the stats. 64% of all Soviet gold medallists were Russian, next best is Ukraine with 15%

Until then, maybe we could simulate an all-time greats Olympics? For example - Usain Bolt v Jesse Owens v Carl Lewis in the men's 100m? George Foreman v Teofilio Stevenso, Felix Savon or Joe Frazier in heavyweight boxing? Mark Spitz v Micheal Phelps in swimming? Uruguay football of the 20s v Hungary of the 50s v Brazil 2016?

Shouldn't we have a thread on "Sport Events Not Cancelled due to Coronavirus Outbreak"?

https://games24.totallympics.com/?p=1861

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2020/03/23/olympics-2020-ioc-member-tokyo-games-postponed-dick-pound-coronavirus/2899848001/

2020 seems impossible now

This is a useful collection of tweets

1st January 2009. Which probably means nobody knows the real date

Can somebody please point out the German-Italian border on a map?

Jonny Mellor - 2:10.05 Kevin Seaward 2:10.09 Seville Marathon

The story

Becky James retired after Rio (at age 25) Victoria Williamson had a crash that put her out of the sport for over a year. Katy Marchant lost form for a couple of years after Rio. There are some good teenagers coming through but Tokyo will be too early

@dcro Who qualifies if Qatar gets thrown out?

"The FEI has announced adverse analytical findings involving two members of the Qatari Jumping team which booked one of the two Tokyo 2020 team quota slots at the designated Olympic Jumping Qualifier for Group F (Africa & Middle East) in Rabat (MAR) in October 2019. Samples taken on 13 October from the Qatari Jumping athletes Sheikh Ali Al Thani (FEI ID: 10024194), and Bassem Mohammed (FEI ID: 10082635) tested positive for Carboxy-THC, a metabolite of Cannabis, which is a prohibited substance under the FEI’s Anti-Doping Rules for Human Athletes (ADRHA). The athletes have not been provisionally suspended, as Carboxy-THC is a *Specified Substance banned in competition under the 2019 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List. Details on these cases can be found here. In order to maintain the integrity of the ongoing legal process, the FEI will not comment further on these cases at this time."

Copying an idea from last year. Readers of this forum nominate your stars of 2019. Male sportsperson of the year: Female sportsperson of the year: Team of the year: Junior sportsman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2019): Junior sportswoman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2019): Greatest moment of the year: Biggest idiot of the year:

Awards for Sports 2019 BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1 Ben Stokes (Cricket) 2 Lewis Hamilton (F1) 3 Dina Asher-Smith (Athletics) World Sport Star of the Year - Eliud Kipchoge (Athletics) Team of the Year - England cricket team Young Star of the Year - Caroline Dubois (Boxing) Lifetime achievement - Tanni Grey-Thompson (Paralympic sport)

And if President Trump were to do that, his political enemies would use it against him.

And it starts to affect the team

https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/12/03/gus-kenworthy-great-britain-skiing/

It's fair to question that she can compete as a woman despite having advantages over other woman due to her having some internal male physical characteristics. Definitely not fair to call her a cheater though. She has done nothing wrong.