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Also 2 Thais were announced to have failed tests last month. That means 6 of Thailand's team failed drug tests at the World Championships. They won 17 medals (if you include clean/jerk and snatch separately). 10 could be lost

Sources in the UK are very worried that the Argentine player Emiliano Sala may have been onboard the 2 seater aircraft that disappeared in the English Channel this morning

Only thing I know so far is: "Team GB are set to be represented in seven of these; alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, figure skating, short track speed skating, snowboarding and curling."

Some of the results from the 1913 European Championships https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/JDG_1913_02_24/3/article/5933762/bandy The big question is whether it was bandy or ice hockey they were playing.

My mistake, sorry, I had him disqualified from the wrong Olympics.

So - does anybody know what happens to the gold medal now? https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document Library/OlympicOrg/IOC/Who-We-Are/Commissions/Disciplinary-Commission/2019/ITA-LD-RT-II-2718140-Decision-Disciplinary-Commission.pdf

Case #585 (Colombia #4) Athlete: Juan Carlos Cadena Sastoque Sport: Cycling - Road Duration: 24 Months Expiration: August 10th, 2021 Substance: Steroids Source: https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/clean-sport-documents/sanction-adrv-eng-2-0.pdf?sfvrsn=3ab4874a_38 Case #586 (Costa Rica #5) Athlete: Ramiro Rincon Diaz Sport: Cycling - Road Duration: 96 Months Expiration: November 8th, 2024 Substance: CERA Source: https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/clean-sport-documents/sanction-adrv-eng-2-0.pdf?sfvrsn=3ab4874a_38

Case #579 (South Korea #1) Athlete: Je Hyeong Lee Sport: Canoeing - Sprint Duration: 24 Months Expiration: July 11th, 2020 Substance: 5-methylhexan-2-amine Source: https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/list_of_current_banned_athletes.pdf Case #580 (Ukraine #10) Athlete: Inna Osypenko-Radomska Sport: Canoeing - Sprint Duration: 48 Months Expiration: May 25th, 2022 Substance: Test Refusal Source: https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/list_of_current_banned_athletes.pdf Case #581 (Hungary #5) Athlete: Milán Mozgi Sport: Canoeing - Sprint Duration: 48 Months Expiration: August 6th, 2022 Substance: EPO Source: https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/list_of_current_banned_athletes.pdf Case #582 (Portugal #4) Athlete: Ivan Silva Sport: Canoeing - Slalom Duration: 12 Months Expiration: June 4th, 2019 Substance: Whereabouts Source: https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/list_of_current_banned_athletes.pdf Case #583 (China #11) Athlete: Huan Men Sport: Canoeing - Sprint Duration: 24 Months Expiration: May 21st, 2020 Substance: Triamterene Source: https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/list_of_current_banned_athletes.pdf Case #584 (China #69) Athlete: Shengfang Tian Sport: Canoeing - Sprint Duration: 24 Months Expiration: May 21st, 2020 Substance: Triamterene Source: https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/list_of_current_banned_athletes.pdf

An interesting example here from the sport of cricket in the UK In 2005 cricket was available on free television, in 2006 it switched to satelitte television with a subscription fee. In 2005 the biggest TV viewing figures were 8.5 million, by 2015 it dropped to 500,000. During the same period there was a 33% drop in people playing the sport. So the money that they gained from the TV contract had to be used to get more young people playing the game. The deal was a good one but they had to use the money to make up for massive loss of publicity.

Case #576 (Uzbekistan #1) Athlete: Bektemir Melikuziev Sport: Boxing Duration: 24 Months Expiration: February 28th, 2020 Substance: Diuretics Source: https://d152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net/2018/11/AIBA-List-of-Suspended-Boxers_6.pdf Case #577 (Ecuador #1) Athlete: Gustiniano Mina Caicedo Sport: Boxing Duration: 24 Months Expiration: July 2nd, 2020 Substance: Diuretics Source: https://d152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net/2018/11/AIBA-List-of-Suspended-Boxers_6.pdf Case #578 (Russia #69) Athlete: Vlada Polivka Sport: Boxing Duration: 24 Months Expiration: July 20th, 2020 Substance: Diuretics Source: https://d152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net/2018/11/AIBA-List-of-Suspended-Boxers_6.pdf

To be fair, it is accurate about what IOC plans are at the moment. It's just that those plans may change a lot in the next months.

He was saying that none of it had been confirmed yet and a lot of what the article claimed may change before the summer.

I've just been messaging with someone who works for the IOC. He says the L'Equipe report may not be completely accurate.

Exactly. You can't have an Olympics without the most popular sport on the planet but also you shouldn't have Olympic football without the best players. It's going to be the same with baseball in Tokyo. What does an Olympic title mean when 900 of the best 1000 players in the world won't be there? Oh, and I would completely remove greco-roman wrestling becaus it's not sufficiently different from freestyle to be worth a place.

And both baseball and skateboarding must be big favourites to be included in 2028

I said don't ask me...

Although, assuming it is part of the billiards bid, snooker has a massive following amongst teenagers in China. Don't ask me why...

What do you think the chances are of baseball/softball being retained for 2024?

2020 - Tokyo. And which country spends more money on golf than anyone else? Good finish in Olympics = Great publicity = New Japanese sponsors

Oops. Bad mistake by me...

Apart from last year when two Slovaks played at the Czech Masters...

Whatever happened to Ukraine? They "found" a good team for the last Olympics.