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Norwegian asthma news! Some of you may have heard Norway took 6000 doses of asthma medication to the Olympics. The news sneaked out in some places... They actually used 50-60 doses.

Great Britain have already said they won't compete in the men's tournament but will compete in the women's tournament if they qualify.

My view is that Gros was the best cyclist we've seen at junior level for 10 years and that she will dominate sprinting in the future - but that 2020 might be 1-2 years too soon for her. She'll have the speed but not the tactical knowledge to win in Tokyo. By the way James has retired.

14 c and raining. Winner may be the best breaststroke swimmer

I'm told the AFLD (French Anti-Doping Authority) are very unhappy about the decision

Case #123 (Russia #22) Athlete: Stanislav Emelyanov Sport: Athletics Duration: Life Ban (3rd offence) Expiration: Never Substance: Biological Passport Source: IAAF Newsletter Case #124 (Russia #23) Athlete: Sabrina Kadasheva Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: August 4th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: IAAF Newsletter Case #125 (China #3) Athlete: Su Xueting Sport: Athletics Duration: 12 Months Expiration: February 27th, 2018 Substance: ? Source: IAAF Newsletter Case #126 (China #4) Athlete: Wang Jiali Sport: Athletics Duration: 96 Months Expiration: August 9th, 2025 Substance: ? Source: IAAF Newsletter Case #127 (Brazil #3) Athlete: Juliana Moreira Sport: Athletics Duration: 96 Months Expiration: March 27th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF Newsletter Case #128 (Turkey #2) Athlete: Omer Iti Sport: Athletics Duration: 96 Months Expiration: December 26th, 2023 Substance: ? Source: IAAF Newsletter Case #129 (Turkey #3) Athlete: Medeni Demir Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: April 19th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: IAAF Newsletter

I was watching this with friends and we were shouting at the screen when the Jamaican moved to the inside of the Ukrainian on the changeover. How on earth could a world class athlete like the Jamaican not know the most obvious rule of relay running - that you stand in the order you are told to stand by the changeover judge and not swap places with anyone. If I was one of her team mates I think I might have the world swearing record telling her what I thought of her...

Definitely not a coincidence but maybe not for the reason you might think. The angle of the banking on the track is greater than almost every other track that hosts indoor championships, It throws the athletes down towards the inside line. Remember that almost all the disqualifications were for line infringements. Also remember that the IAAF brings a lot of judges from outside the host nation for the championships and they are judges who are more likely to enforce the rules more strictly than usual. One foot on the inside line and you're disqualified - no excuses. EDIT - Just remembered the 2012 European Outdoor Championship in Helsinki where a tight track caused a lot of disqualifications for lane infringements,

Case #119 (Ukraine #3) Athlete: Anastasiya Mokhnyuk Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: April 21st, 2020 Substance: ? Source: IAAF Newsletter Case #120 (Iran #7) Athlete: Hadis Sherifi Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: September 25th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: IAAF Newsletter Case #121 (Iran #8) Athlete: Leila Koukhan Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: September 25th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: IAAF Newsletter Case #122 (Argentina #1) Athlete: Vanesa Luciana Wohlgernuth Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: October 30th, 2020 Substance: ? Source: IAAF Newsletter

He's already been provisionally suspended since September

I've been told that all the 6 finalists in the 1944 American Championships 100m were disqualified for false starts. This is the worst case since then.

"Mechanical doping reached a new level when Puertas and his new turbo charged Mercedes engined bike won easily. He will now try to be the first man to win the Tour De France and Italian Formula One Grand Prix in the same year"

Sorry - I missed that Truman competed in the qualifying round. Bigham was the 5th man in the pursuit.

4+4 Bigham doesn't get a medal because he didn't race.

So far 8 British riders have won medals, 4 of them are 21 years old or younger. Scary.

Case #118 (Croatia #1) Athlete: Dario Srna Sport: Football Duration: 17 Months Expiration: August 22nd, 2018 Substance: Dehydroepiandrosterone Source: http://www.nadc.org.ua/novyny/pres_reliz_shchodo_rishennya_u_spravi_dario_srny

Superstar!

I think I may have said this before but GB were very worried about their chances in Rio but confident that a new generation of cyclists would be successful in Tokyo Sorry...

Very surprised to see GBR qualify fastest. They have Ed Clancy but the rest of the team is just a sprinter and 2 amateur riders

This is wrong then? http://www.futsalmarche.it/nazionali/serie-a2-girone-a/player/0/13829

Case#109 United States (#17) Athlete: Anthony Miles Jr Sport: Basketball Duration: 5 Months Expiration: May 11th, 2018 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/home-it/news.html Case#110 (Morocco #2) Athlete: Lahcen Mokraji Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: December 12th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/home-it/news.html Case#111 (Italy #22) Athlete: Davide Boggio Sport: Snowboarding Duration: 12 Months Expiration: February 11th, 2019 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/home-it/news.html Case#112 (Italy #23) Athlete: Marco Scarfi Sport: Boxing Duration: 48 Months Expiration: November 23rd, 2021 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/home-it/news.html Case#113 (Russia #20) Athlete: Maryana Bokonyaeva Sport: Non-Olympic (Powerlifting) Duration: 24 Months Expiration: October 19th, 2019 Substance: ? Source: http://www.rusada.ru/en/news/disqualification/pauerlifting-2018/ Case#114 (Russia #21) Athlete: Olga Kazankevich Sport: Non-Olympic (Powerlifting) Duration: 48 Months Expiration: June 15th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: http://www.rusada.ru/en/news/disqualification/cport-lits-s-porazheniem-oporno-dvigatelnogo-apparata/ Case#115 (Great Britain #6) Athlete: Jim Wallhead Sport: Non-Olympic (MMA) Duration: 9 Months Expiration: July 6th, 2018 Substance: Ostarine Source: https://www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule-violations/current-violations/ Case#116 (Great Britain #7) Athlete: Andrew Acton Sport: Non-Olympic (Rugby Union) Duration: 45 Months Expiration: June 7th, 2021 Substance: Stanozolol Source: https://www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule-violations/current-violations/ Case#117 (Great Britain #8) Athlete: Robbie Turley Sport: Boxing Duration: 12 Months Expiration: April 6th, 2018 Substance: Furosemide Source: https://www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule-violations/current-violations/

The case against Chen has been dropped.

Case #102 (Italy #17) Athlete: Marco Giuseppe Baglivo Sport: Tennis Duration: 5 Months Expiration: May 5th, 2018 Substance: Cannabis Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/home-it/news.html?start=10 Case #103 (Italy #24) Athlete: Dayen Estedadishad Sport: Non-Olympic (Futsal) Duration: 6 Months Expiration: June 6th, 2018 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/home-it/news.html?start=10 EDITED for flag Case #104 (Italy #18) Athlete: Luca Musella Sport: Cycling - Road Duration: 12 Months Expiration: February 2nd, 2019 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/home-it/news.html?start=10 Case #105 (Italy #19) Athlete: Mara Fumagalli Sport: Cycling - Road Duration: 6 Months Expiration: May 5th, 2018 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/home-it/news.html?start=10 Case #106 (Italy #20) Athlete: Paolo Scienza Sport: Football Duration: 6 Months Expiration: June 7th, 2018 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/home-it/news.html?start=10 Case #107 (Italy #21) Athlete: Emanuele Cesti Sport: Non-Olympic (Crossfit) Duration: 24 Months Expiration: December 7th, 2019 Substance: ? Source: http://www.nadoitalia.it/it/home-it/news.html?start=10 Case#108 (Ireland #1) Athlete: Michael O'Reilly Sport: Boxing Duration: 48 Months Expiration: July 10th, 2020 Substance: Methandienone Source: https://www.todayfm.com/Sport/Irish-Boxer-Michael-OReilly-Banned-For-Four-Years-

Bahamian Olympic icon Sir Durward Knowles died on the afternoon of February 24 at Doctors Hospital in Nassau, New Providence. He was 100 years old. Knowles, who had been admitted to hospital earlier in the week, succumbed to kidney failure and other complications. He was surrounded by family and his minister as he passed. Nicknamed ‘The Sea Wolf’, Knowles was introduced to the sport of sailing by his father who was himself an ardent sailing enthusiast. His first major international competition was in 1946, when he and crew Robert Levin finished third in the Star World Championships in Havana, Cuba. The following year, they teamed again and won the Star World Championship in Los Angeles, USA. The Bahamas had no Olympic Charter of its own in 1948, so to participate in the Olympics that year, Knowles and crew Sloane Farrington traveled to London where they handily won the British elimination series, and qualified to represent England at the London 1948 Olympic Games. In those Games, the Bahamian pair finished fourth, having suffered a broken mast in one race and a disqualification in another. Knowles’ place in Bahamian history was assured when he and Farrington succeeded in winning his country’s first Olympic Medal, a Bronze at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics. He ultimately claimed the top Olympic prize in 1964, when he won a Gold Medal with Cecil Cooke as crew at the Tokyo Games (above photo). In total, Knowles took part in eight Olympics – seven straight from 1948-1972, and again in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, for an independent Bahamas. Other accomplishments include Gold Medals at the Pan American and the Central American and Caribbean Games. Knowles was also the proud bearer of the flag of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul Korea. Knowles was knighted in 1996. In 1997, he was awarded The Bahamas’ Order of Merit. In 2014, the second Legend-class patrol boat of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force was commissioned as HMBS Durward Knowles. In May 2016, following the death of Sandor Tarics, Knowles became the oldest living Olympic champion. That claim now gets passed on to Finnish skier Lydia Wideman, age 97, who competed at the Oslo 1952 Olympics.

So if you finish 4th over the line with no points and one of the first 3 across the line gets disqualified you can literally move from last place to a medal?