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Through so far hardly any of the EU watchers talking about how Orban being gone means Fico is isolated and the EU is now stronger on supporting Ukraine have realised Bulgaria will replace it as a pro Russia stooge.

Looks like Russia will be back in full. Might be boycotts then.

Will any country boyfott the Europeans now Russia are back in full?

Reasonably Pro Russian party ahead in the polls there.

He is more anti immigration than Orban through so it might be bye bye to their athletes bought in to pad out their winter Olympic squad recently.

Interestingly the DSD’s like Caster Semenya would not automatically be disbarred as she was assigned female at birth and they don’t seek to be testing. The British law on DSD people is unclear because there is not a consensus or precedent.

Not an Athlete but Sir Craig Reedie, former president of WADA and former IOC vice president among many others roles has died. Tribute here from Kirsty Coventry. https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-mourns-the-death-of-ioc-honorary-member-sir-craig-reedie

UEFA has just threatened Euro 2032!

Got to be careful because their could find their get suspended for political interference

Looks like Birmingham will have a very anti Israel council after May local elections. Could be some large scale protests against Israel at the European Athletics encouraged by them.

Also it being illegal in France means the IOC will have to test everyone pre arriving at 2030 and can’t wait till they arrive at the Games to do so. I’m sure at 2028 for some sports testing will happen on site if it’s not a rule of its governing body for non Olympic events. So far only a few sports like Athletics and Boxing have that rule - I suspect others will adopt it but others might take time.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cpwj78lxypro ‘In France - one of a number of countries where genetic testing is illegal without a medical prescription due to privacy laws - the government has condemned the decision as "a step backwards". "It defines the female sex without taking into account the biological specificities of intersex individuals, whose sexual characteristics present natural variations, leading to a reductive and potentially stigmatising approach," ⁠claimed French Sports Minister Marina Ferrari.” ‘A group of legal experts in human rights and sports have since expressed, external"urgent concern" about what they called "the regressive move toward genetic testing as a precondition of participation in women's sport" which they say "violate domestic and international laws that protect human rights and regulate the use of genetic testing and genetic information". The group has called on athletes "to challenge the national or regional implementation of mandatory genetic sex testing, demanded by the IOC or international federations, before domestic courts, by invoking national or regional laws protecting human rights, prohibiting anti-discrimination, and regulating the use of genetic testing and genetic data".’ Domestic laws are more challenging for the IOC to deal with than CAS. Things could get complicated for a bit.

Except NOC’s and governing bodies have to still follow local laws. Particularly for Under 18’s there could certainly be domestic legal issues regarding associations paying for travel to other counties to circumvent a domestic ban. Child protection services don’t always act reasonable to attempts to break a domestic law.

Surprisingly the BBC gave this a breaking news notification from their Sport app. Unusual for someone who has been semi retired for a couple of years now.

However it is illegal in some countries which the IOC is aware of, And which could cause issues particularly for those under 18.

Could see some issues about those under 18 being tested using tests that are illegal for all in some countries. https://news.sky.com/story/if-women-must-stop-competing-so-be-it-semenyas-rallying-cry-over-olympics-transgender-athlete-ban-13525463

One has already been approved under the new rules.

Athing Mu competed in the USA trials in 2024 and 2025 post the 2023 rule changes. She also won Gold in 2022 and Bronze in 2023. Jelimo the jury is out. She doesn’t look male like the other two do.

Can see that causing some political and legal issues then.

According to this article from August the test is illegal in some countries. If correct we could find some issues emerge. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/athletics/track/sry-gene-testing-canadians-athletics-canada-dynacare-world-athletics-1.7618005

Wonder if that is why this happened. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/c20qjn3jp8lo

Big difference having social media bots to actual protestors.

Try saying that in trans and liberal circles. IOC needs to be prepared for woke protestors causing issues over the coming where.