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hace 9 minutos, wpwells said:

I don't actually play Pokémon Go, but I think it's a great concept. It gets people outside and exercising and also makes them interact with others. It's been amazing in the USA, especially with some of the racial tensions we have going on here.

I actually read a very heartbreaking article by a black guy saying how he fears playing the game might get him killed. Daunting stuff.

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

No way man, I merely missed your post  

Dank je wel

hace 55 minutos, heywoodu said:

You most certainly can 

You ignored my request for Lebanon 

hace 16 minutos, heywoodu said:

Definitely, though a victory for Pantano is nice on any day  

Can't disagree with that 

It would have been nice if Pantano had won it on our Independence Day.

hace 13 minutos, hckosice said:

 

 

wait..it´s not official ?

 

and here is this article of their NOC saying something more ? http://www.coe.org.ec/index.php/noticias/183-noticias-coe/2023-abanderamiento-banco-del-pacifico-marco-la-despedida-de-la-delegacion-tricolor-a-los-juegos-olimpicos-rio-2016

 

thanks for the answer 

Ok. That's clearer. Preciado is called "second flagbearer" (or junior, if you must) and Chocho is still "first"/senior. He received it because of Chocho's ausence but Chocho should still be flagbearer at the parade of nations.

EDIT: Way slower, lol

hace 2 minutos, LDOG said:

 

I was going to say the same lol

 

Though I think it sort of implies sth like "if you aren't for this ceremony then no thanks you won't be flagbearer". Also in the video Preciado seems happy as if he knows he is going to be in the ceremony too.

Yeah. It's very weird. It kinda makes you think something happened behind curtains, but I agree it likely means Preciado is the flagbearer. 

hace 8 horas, Griff88 said:

Avtandil Tchrikishvili (Judo)

Source: http://www.ipress.ge/new/36808-rios-olimpiadis-gakhsnaze-saqartvelos-medroshe-avtandil-chrikishvili-iqneba

 

Updates

Lenin Preciado (Judo)

Source: http://www.andes.info.ec/es/noticias/judoca-lenin-preciado-sera-abanderado-delegacion-ecuatoriana-participara-olimpiadas-rio

(According to the article, Andres Chocho is getting ready for his final training phase in Brazil(?)) >> need Spanish-speaking members to confirm

 

What a frustrating ambiguous article. Yes, it says Chocho couldn't make it to the ceremony to recieve the flag and Preciado is flagbearer but says nothing about the actual opening ceremony.

NOCs are suspended for tamer reasons. If state-sponsored doping is not met with the harshest response available let's just call it quits and wait for pokemon go tournaments to be televised. Sucks for the clean Russians, but it was their state letting them down. 

hace 24 minutos, De_Gambassi said:

 

They could simply express their concern or something similar. I maintain it's not their duty to call for WADA/IOC action and specially not before WADA made the report public.

 

It's like the danish football federation would have called for the ban of italian football federation after the Calciopoli scandal for exemple. They are not entitled to do so. Simply as that.

It's a matter that affects them. Their clean athletes would risk losing medals and all their hard work to cheaters. They have every right to say that'd be unacceptable.

Well, my sister is devastated. She cares nothing about sports except for Olympic synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics and she doesn't see the point if there are no Russians there lol.

hace 37 minutos, nitinsanker said:

http://www.potatogoodness.com/all-about-potatoes/potato-fun-facts-history/

 

Peru Please !!!!!.........................we peruvians are proud of our potato ...................................................The first permanent potato patches in North America were established in 1719, most likely near Londonderry (Derry), NH, by Scotch-Irish immigrants.  From there, the crop spread across the country.

 

By the way before people from US  says they invented the chips ( lays or whatever they call them  ....interesting name ) ............................................. The earliest known recipe for potato chips is in William Kitchiner's 1822 cookbook The Cook's Oracle, a bestseller in England and the United States; its recipe for "Potatoes fried in Slices or Shavings" reads "peel large potatoes, slice them about a quarter of an inch thick, or cut them in shavings round and round, as you would peel a lemon; dry them well in a clean cloth, and fry them in lard or dripping".   .................we colonial brishers call them crisps ................

Lays is just a brand.

After the whole amateur controversy Jossimar Calvo will be the flagbearer and will leave right after the parade to prepare for his event the next morning. Both Ibarguen and Pajon had refused and they were about to name Gaviria before the Colombian Gymnastics fed gave Jossimar permission. So I guess the asterisk can go lol @hckosice 

Am I too cynical if I think that the IOC response will depend on NBC and corporate sponsors? 

hace 9 minutos, tigersay said:

Do you really believe that if he would have found changed test of someone of top athletes, he wouldn't say about that? If he gave the names privately just to someone, where are the confirmations of it from these "recievers"? There were no words about it.

It's a possibility. He said his mandate was just to investigate and the rest is up to the IOC. That could (and should) include outing the medalists involved. But we'll know more in the upcoming days, hopefully.

hace 2 minutos, JoshMartini007 said:

That graph will likely push Russia to be banned in weightlifting. As for the other sports Russia will likely avoid a blanket ban, but we could see specific athletes getting banned.

FINA will do nothing because they make FIFA look spotless by comparison.

hace 3 minutos, tigersay said:

That picture can be found in the report. How did they count it? Maybe, we can know just couple of names? When were these tests covered? Just something more than Chivas and FSB; people who did the report make FSB at first so clever to think of all that strategy, and after that so stupid to not to clean out all the possible proofs and let Rodchenkov to go out to the USA(if you didn't know, any person except the highest people in Russia who get the access to all secret deals is not allowed to go out of the country).

There must be legal reasons to not name them publicly. You'd expect McLaren to give the names privately to WADA, IOC and Russia.

hace 16 minutos, heywoodu said:

There are sports that don't have their act together at all and have been in the Olympics for decades now (boxing, weightlifting, to name just two). I think it would be quite unfair to not give golf a real chance. And no, a real chance is not judging after one time and saying it should be kicked out. 

I mentioned Tokyo, didn't I? That should be more than enough. If after two games the contempt remains those 120 quotas should be put to better use.

hace 3 minutos, heywoodu said:

 

But well, of course I'm serious that it's clearly too early to judge already  

 

They should give it 2-3 Olympic cycles and then evaluate how it's going. Tennis started like crap and nowadays Murray withdraws from an ATP tournament to prepare the Olympics. 

With so many sports knocking on the door that would send their best, 2-3 cycles seem like too much to see if they get their act together. But they should go to Tokyo at least, even in only to be close to "the stuff that matters".

hace 1 minuto, LDOG said:

 

What do we do with team sports then? we allow only players that perform outside of Russia? that is complex.

If they can form a team with them, sure. Otherwise, too bad but the priority should be protecting the athletes that's worked their ass off for 4 years from losing a deserving medal to tools of Putin's vanity.

Russian athletes based outside of Russia like Klishina should be allowed to compete. Ban the rest.

hace 10 minutos, Pabloffo said:

 

The Chilean federation is a shame, for a long time there are internal problems of different areas... The choice of the court was a tremendous mistake. I don't know why they had the stupid idea of hosting the matches in Iquique. 

 

Our players were extremely embarrassed by the situation, but... it's done  what more can we do? 

 

 

 

 

The Colombian fed is gonna complain about the referee but I don't see the point, tbh. Chile won, and won well (the shitty conditions played against both sides), but I don't blame Giraldo for giving up the pretense this wasn't a farce. Anyway, good luck in the playoffs.

hace 3 minutos, Pabloffo said:

 

For the simple reason of respect his country and companions, I think.

The same the Chilean federation and the referee didn't have making them play in such deplorable conditions?

hace 3 horas, Pabloffo said:

Giraldo 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Why keep going if they were playing in a pigsty? 

hace 2 minutos, kungshamra71 said:

 

Coincidentally there was a related news about this Teo topic on today's newspaper 

 

http://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/sporting/noticias/interior/jogos-olimpicos-sao-fuga-para-teo-gutierrez-5288739.html

Good read. Thanks. (Bwt, the angry Sporting fans in the comments are great too. Don't tell my friend but they reek of third wheel complex lol)