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  1. Orangehair43
    Loads of countries competed under the IOC Flag in 1980 so they must have been flag/flag events.
  2. Orangehair43
    I'm not sure if the European Indoors is going to go ahead in the current form - should they extend it so events are more spread out to reduce the amount on site at any one point. Plus of course for some European countries flight and quarantine restrictions might make attending impossible. I do hope it does as I really enjoy indoor athletics.
  3. Orangehair43
    The IOC must accept nations will withdraw if it even considers directly buying vaccines - the global public will revolt and then NOC's will be under domestic to reject it and pull out
  4. Orangehair43
    Could this dispute see Italy losing or pulling out of 2026.
  5. Orangehair43
    And the Paralympics is even more difficult because getting enough adapted rooms for quarantines is going to be tough - especially post return to countries like Australia which will make all returns quarantine until well into 2022. Some teams share care staff for those who need help but that is not going to be allowed this year.
  6. Orangehair43
    London and plenty of other places feel too wet for outdoor swimming especially as outdoor training pools don't exist in many countries so many swimmers won't get the practise of adapting to competing in the rain.
  7. Orangehair43
    All true but countries are becoming stricter with borders - Israel has banned all flights for at least a week with as far as I can tell no exceptions for sportspeople travelling abroad to compete. The UK is bringing in hotel quarantine and while team sports flying on private jets to competitors in a bubble might manage to get an exemption i'm not sure individuals or small entourages flying commercial will. When you have the risk of the vaccine failing due to varients sport will be far down the list.
  8. Orangehair43
    The new variants mean 2021 sporting calender might be just as disrupted as 2020 as more and more athletes cant leave or enter their own countries.
  9. Orangehair43
    A lot of countries have the facilities without the capacity issues.
  10. Orangehair43
    Maybe but prep will be cheaper for 2032 bar the village problem.
  11. Orangehair43
    The IOC will pull the plug before Japan.
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  13. Orangehair43
    At this rate Bejing and even Paris 2024 might be affected if international quarantines last into 2022 and 2023.
  14. Orangehair43
    I think most athletes mentally have been sort of privately preparing.
  15. Orangehair43
    Maybe hotel Quarantines. Or even postponement till October or 2022 through it's unlikely Japan would agree.
  16. Orangehair43
    That is very unlikely - That would destroy the reputation of the IOC everywhere else.
  17. Orangehair43
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/55762303 Lord Coe thinks it might be behind closed doors.
  18. Orangehair43
    Even if it goes ahead no certainty every country will appear - some might not get government permission to travel and then quarantine on return. A few smaller countries doing this might not kill the games but obviously big ones very likely would.
  19. Orangehair43
    As the Times said the IOC are waiting for the likes of the USA to pull out before pulling the plug.
  20. Orangehair43
    And quarantine would be more manageable as for a smallish sport you would only need 200-500 entering Japan could keep Karate and Softball and maybe even Athletics.
  21. Orangehair43
    Suspect most if not all would be the same especially with the vaccine busting mutant.
  22. Orangehair43
    They can be the same year again like before the move to 1994.
  23. Orangehair43
    In the article the source says they want President Biden to say Team USA should not go so then they can officially cancel it.
  24. Orangehair43
    Every country would have the same issue.
  25. Orangehair43
    The key thing will be how Japan reports it in the coming days- do they announce it or deny it or ignore the reports. Should have postponed to 2022 and then tried to get 2024 to move to 2026 and 2028 to 2030.
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