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They didn't even try to pretend they did... Even waiting a couple of days was too much asking, they probably cleaned the athletes before this guy even had the chance to talk. "Very strict criterias" L - O - L

http://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/10511558/tennis-first-sport-to-clear-russians-for-rio-olympic-games So what was the time needed by ITF to reach an "individual analysis of each athlete". 5 minutes ? What a tragic farce.

Well... https://medium.com/@stevemagness/no-one-really-wants-a-whistle-blower-russia-the-ioc-and-doping-6c0c2461bba7#.7qoqrz64l

And we also set a precedent to ban any allready convicted dopers from the Olympics. Something baddly needed.

Because, it's not a news (yet) (and russian rumors are saying otherwise at the moment btw) http://matchtv.ru/rio2016/matchtvnews_NI644045_Rio_2016_Sbornuju_Rossii_ne_otstranili_ot_Olimpijskih_igr

France too in C1 200. Anyway, that's the Daily Mail, so it's probably better to wait for an official announcement

According to Mail on Sunday (UK), Russia to be banned tomorrow...

[hide] Preliminary Round August 3rd - August 9th, 2016 12 Nations, 3 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and 2 best 3rd ranked Nations between all Groups will qualify for Quarterfinals Group E Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 13:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Sweden 3 1 South Africa August 3rd 2016, h. 16:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2 0 China August 6th 2016, h. 19:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro South Africa 1 2 China August 6th 2016, h. 22:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1 1 Sweden August 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Amazonia Arena, Manaus South Africa 1 1 Brazil August 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Mane Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia China 0 1 Sweden Group F Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 15:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Canada 2 1 Australia August 3rd 2016, h. 18:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Zimbabwe 0 7 Germany August 6th 2016, h. 15:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Canada 4 1 Zimbabwe August 6th 2016, h. 18:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Germany 2 0 Australia August 9th 2016, h. 16:00, Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador Germany 1 1 Canada August 9th 2016, h. 16:00, Mane Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia Australia 3 0 Zimbabwe Group G Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 19:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte United States 3 0 New Zealand August 3rd 2016, h. 22:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte France 2 0 Colombia August 6th 2016, h. 17:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte United States 2 1 France August 6th 2016, h. 20:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte Colombia 1 0 New Zealand August 9th 2016, h. 19:00, Amazonia Arena, Manaus Colombia 0 3 United States August 9th 2016, h. 19:00, Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador New Zealand 1 2 France [/hide]

Not anymore ... Anyway, that seems tight indeed.

Never heard of them But in their case it might be legit (my point is not about legality) to voice their opinion.

Would you say that Futsal is a more popular sport than 'Hoquei' nowadays ?

I won't answer the same thing 5 different times. So I'll leave you with a WADA/IOC member http://www.reuters.com/article/us-doping-russia-report-idUSKCN0ZX0JQ I'll add one thing though. We are not talking about personal opinions here (like ours), but governing bodies ones. Bodies that have a certained defined reach, that they clearly overpass on that occasion.

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 not their mandate to do so, it's WADA's one. Their duty stops within their own boundaries. Besides, seeing - among any other countries - the US and Canada calling for the ban, makes the theory of a political move credible and, in fine, downgrade the argument.

Rhetoric question. They don't. It's not their business to call for other country to be banned.

Indeed, that's ridiculous. By the way, since when, national anti doping agencies have a say in other countries affairs ?

It's not surprising people tend to care about sport their country is succesfull at Anyway, the sport is slowy dying Except for Portugal and Catalonia (and maybe San Juan), it's barely sruviving everywhere else and it's getting eatten by the poor man's ice hockey version - aka roller inline hockey.

You're probably the only one in your country http://www.fpp.pt/HP/Noticia/292 Some impressive ratings with more than half a million viewers for rink hockey. In France, if we ever had more than fifty spectators on a regional channe it must be a reccord

Fukushima, typhons, earthquake, Godzilla, bad english from the locals...anything really, plenty of perfect allready-made excuses for top golfers in 2020.

Well, he has a point somehow. Why would Russians need such a machinery during the olympics when they success not to be caught during the rest of the season whithout using it. Top - doping - athletes don't need to switch samples, they - usualy - never test positive to begin with.

Sporting Rivalries and Medals (26) 1- Medals will be awarded to more nations than at the 2012 Summer Games - with at least 86. [YES - 5] 2- The best-placed European NOC in the overall 2016 Summer Olympics medal table will be Russia. [NO- 8] 3- Brazil will achieve their best ever placement in the overall 2016 Summer Games medal table, finishing within the top 14. [YES - 7] 4- Finland will fail to win a medal for the first time in history. [NO - 3] 5- At least 4 countries will win their first olympic medal. [NO - 7] 6- Rio 2016 will be India's best ever performance in overall medals won (7 or more). [NO - 2] 7- Denmark will be placed higher than any other nordic country in the medal table (Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden). [YES - 1] 8- Netherlands will win more silver medals than any other color. [NO - 1] 9- Maghreb countries (ALG, TUN, MAR, MTN, LBA) will win at least 5 medals total. [YES - 1] 10- Japan will finish ahead of South Korea in the medal table. [YES - 10] 11- Azerbaijan will finish ahead of Turkey in the medal table. [NO - 1] 12- Ethiopia will finish ahead of Kenya in the medal table. [YES - 1] 13- Cuba will finish ahead of Jamaica in the medal table. [YES - 1] 14- Germany will finish ahead of France in the medal table. [NO - 1] 15- Serbia will finish ahead of Croatia in the medal table. [NO - 1] 16- The youngest medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics will be younger than 16 years. [YES - 1] 17- Spain will win more than one medal in all team sports combined. [YES - 10] 18- Iran will achieve their first medal won by a woman. [NO - 1] 19- At least 15 different american nations will win medals. [YES - 1] 20- At least two nations that last won a medal in Atlanta 1996 or before, will medal again in Rio 2016. [NO - 5] 21- There will be at least one nation who will win 8 medals or more, but won't win a gold medal. [NO - 10] 22- Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Singapore will all win a medal. [YES - 1] 23- Like in London 2012, more silver medals than gold medals will be awarded. [YES - 1] 24- The top 5 in the overall medal table will change its order on the very final day of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [NO - 2] 25- Argentina will win at least one gold medal in Rio 2016. [YES - 1] 26- Lithuania alone will win more medals than Estonia and Latvia together. [YES - 5] Aquatics - Diving (2) 27- China will win all four Synchronised Diving events. [YES - 1] 28- Canada will medal in all four Women's events. [NO - 1] Aquatics - Swimming (9) 29- Australian athletes take at least 2 golds out of the following 4 events: Women's 50m FS, Women's 100m FS, Men's 50m FS, Men's 100m FS. [YES - 5] 30- A nation will win 2 or more medals in Marathon Swimming. [YES - 3] 31- A nation will medal in all six relays. [YES - 6] 32- Great Britain will finish in the top 5 of the pool events' medal table. [YES - 8] 33- There will be at least one false start in an individual final. [NO - 5] 34- Either Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) or Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) will defend his/her olympic title in 100m Breaststroke. [YES - 1] 35- A gap of one second or more between the gold and silver medal winners will be clocked in 3 or more individual finals, ranging from 50m to 200m events. [NO - 1] 36- At least 5 world records will be broken in Rio 2016. [YES - 5] 37- At least 3 of the following 5 NOCs will win a medal: Bahamas, Egypt, Iceland, Jamaica, Singapore. [NO - 5] Aquatics - Synchronized Swimming (1) 38- At least 4 different nations will finish the Synchronised Swimming competitions with any medal. [NO - 1] Aquatics - Water Polo (2) 39- The men's final will be played by two ex-yugoslav nations (CRO, MNE, SRB). [YES - 4] 40- In the knockout stage, any 4th placed team from the group stage will upset a group winner and qualify for the semifinal. [NO - 10] Archery (2) 41- At least one top 8 seed in Women's or Men's Individual Archery will suffer an early exit in the Round of 64. [YES - 5] 42- South Korea will win all the gold medals in Archery. [NO - 8] Athletics (12) 43- Usain Bolt (JAM) will repeat a gold medal treble once again. [NO - 5] 44- There will be at least one sweep of medals, athletes from one country taking gold, silver and bronze. [NO - 8] 45- At least 5 olympic records will be broken. [YES - 1] 46- At least two teams will be disqualified in the 4x100 finals (men and women combined). [NO - 5] 47- The Women's and Men's Olympic champion in High Jump will have cleared a height of at least 4.40m combined. [YES - 1] 48- All medals in both marathon events will be won by African nations. [YES - 8] 49- Poland will achieve a double gold in Hammer throw events. [YES - 1] 50- A non-european athlete will win gold in either Men's or Women's Javelin Throw. [NO - 1] 51- A former olympic champion, who is not currently a defending one, will become champion again in Rio 2016 (not counting relay events). [NO - 10] 52- The whole final in the Men's 400m comprises of athletes representing nations including red in their flag. [NO - 5] 53- The leader after the first five events in the Men's Decathlon will finish outside the top 3 on the following day. [NO - 1] 54- The gold medalist in Men's Discus Throw will throw 70.00m or more. [YES - 1] Badminton (2) 55- At least one set in any event will end with a score of 30-28 or higher. [YES - 1] 56- A non-asian country will win a gold medal. [NO - 1] Basketball (2) 57- The United States will win the gold medal in Women's as well as in Men's Basketball. [YES - 10] 58- The Men's final will end by a margin of at least 20 points. [NO - 1] Boxing (2) 59- Both Nicola Adams (GBR) and Katie Taylor (IRL) will return home with a medal. [NO - 5] 60- The whole Boxing program will result in at least 8 bouts decided before the end of the 3 reglamentary rounds. [YES - 1] Canoeing - Slalom (2) 61- At least one country will win 3 or more medals between all events. [NO - 3] 62- Two or more nations will be represented in all four slalom canoeing finals. [YES - 5] Canoeing - Sprint (2) 63- At least one athlete starting from an outer lane (1 or 8) will win a medal. [YES - 1] 64- Isaquias Queiroz (BRA) will delight the home crowd with either one gold medal or at least two medals of any colour. [NO - 1] Cycling - BMX (2) 65- There will be a crash (between two or more riders) in either the Men's or Women's Final. [YES - 5] 66- Australia will win at least one gold medal. [NO - 2] Cycling - Mountain Bike (2) 67- Nino Schurter (SUI) will complete his set of medals with a gold medal from Rio 2016, after previously winning bronze in 2008 and silver in 2012. [YES - 2] 68- Mauritius', Rwanda's or Lesotho's male rider(s) will finish ahead of at least one athlete coming from a nation represented by 3 riders (SUI, FRA, ESP, CZE, ITA). [NO - 5] Cycling - Road (2) 69- A group finish with at least 20 riders clocking the same time will decide the medals in Men's Road Race. [NO - 10] 70- Less than half the riders will finish in the Women's or Men's Road Race. [NO - 5] Cycling - Track (3) 71- Australia will win a gold medal in both Team Pursuit events. [NO - 10] 72- The world record in the Men's Team Pursuit will be broken. [YES- 5] 73- The winner of either the Men's or Women's Omnium will win at least 3 of the 6 events. [YES - 1] Equestrian (2) 74- At least 15 athletes will be eliminated or will retire during the cross-country stage of Eventing competition. [YES - 1] 75- Germany will win more medals than the Netherlands. [YES - 10] Fencing (2) 76- At least 2 countries will win at least 3 gold medals. [NO - 4] 77- There will be an overtime period in the Women's or Men's Individual Épée final. [NO - 1] Field Hockey (2) 78- India's Men will end their medal drought since 1980 with any medal won in Rio. [YES - 1] 79- The Women's Tournament will have medalists from three different continents. [YES - 1] Football (3) 80- At least 4 Football matches will be decided in a penalty shoot-out. [NO - 1] 81- Brazil will win their first Men's Olympic Football title. [NO - 1] 82- At least 8 red cards will be awarded in the Men's Tournament. [NO - 1] Golf (2) 83- The eventual winner in the Men's Tournament won't be placed among the top 5 after the first day of competition. [YES - 1] 84- USA will win a medal in both the Men's and Women's Tournaments. [NO - 1] Gymnastics - Artistic (3) 85- Romania will fail to win a medal in Artistic Gymnastics. [YES - 3] 86- Simone Biles will win at least four total medals. [NO - 1] 87- At least one finalist in both Men's Horizontal Bar and Men's Pommel Horse will fall during their routines. [YES - 3] Gymnastics - Rhythmic (1) 88- Both gold and silver medals will be won by ex-USSR countries. [YES - 3] Gymnastics - Trampoline (1) 89- China will win the gold medal in both Trampoline events. [YES - 1] Handball (2) 90- A non-european nation will win a medal (Men's or Women's). [NO - 5] 91- At least twice we will see at least 40 goals scored in the Men's Tournament. [NO - 10] Judo (2) 92- Teddy Riner (FRA) will be beaten. [NO - 5] 93- A nation will win it's first Judo Gold Medal. [YES - 8 ] Modern Pentathlon (2) 94- In either the Men's or Women's event, the athlete starting first in the Combined stage will win the gold medal. [YES - 1] 95- A non-european athlete in either the Women's or Men's Competition will win a medal. [NO - 5] Rowing (3) 96- Ekaterina Karsten (BLR) will reach her 6th Olympic final in Women's Single Sculls. [YES - 3] 97- More countries will win medals in Rowing compared to London 2012 (18 countries). [NO - 1] 98- Athletes from all 5 continents will win a medal. [YES - 5] Rugby Sevens (2) 99- All the medals in the Men's Tournament will be won by nations from Oceania. [NO - 1] 100- At least one match on the Women's side will end in a tie. [YES - 1] Sailing (2) 101- At least one boat will be guaranteed the gold medal before the final Medal Race. [YES - 1] 102- Brazilian Robert Scheidt will win his 6th consecutive olympic medal. [NO - 1] Shooting (3) 103- All 15 events will see at least one medal winner from an Asian country. [NO - 5] 104- There will be at least one new world record set in any event. [NO - 1] 105- At least one shooter will repeat their gold medal success from the 2012 Summer Games. [YES - 1] Table Tennis (2) 106- Chinese athletes will take all 4 gold medals. [YES - 5] 107- The Women's Team final will result in a 3-0 score. [YES - 1] Taekwondo (2) 108- At least one medalist athlete in this sport will be winning at the same time the first ever olympic medal for his/her country. [NO - 1] 109- At least one of the four invited athletes (Boui CAF, Ferrera HON, Louissant HAI, Rawal NEP) will advance into the quarterfinals. [NO - 1] Tennis (2) 110- Serena Williams will fail to win a gold medal (in all events). [NO - 1] 111- An unseeded player in the women's or men's singles competition will go as high reaching at least the semifinals. [NO - 10] Triathlon (2) 112- The Brownlee brothers will celebrate together on the podium. [YES - 1] 113- The eventual winners of both the Men's and Women's Races will not be among top 5 placed after the swimming and cycling stages. [NO - 1] Volleyball - Indoor (2) 114- No medal matches in either the Women's or the Men's Tournament will end with a 3-0 score. [NO - 1] 115- An african team will win a group stage match for the first time in history (either Men's or Women's). [YES - 1] Volleyball - Beach (2) 116- There will be an all-Brazilian final in Men's or Women's Beach Volleyball. [NO - 5] Weightlifting (2) 117- At least one leader after the Snatch part will have three invalid lifts in the Clean & Jerk. [YES - 1] 118- A medal will be won by an athlete starting from Group B. [NO - 1] Wrestling (2) 119- At least one gold medal match will end by a fall. [NO - 2] 120- Russia will win more Freestyle gold medals than Japan. [NO - 2]

La période de qualif' étant terminée, voilà un petit bilan du nombre de quotas (pas du nombre d'athlètes...) remportés par chaque sport sur les 5 dernières olympiades: 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Athlétisme 48 54 39 43 39 Aviron 9 6 8 5 7 Badminton 3 2 2 3 2 Basketball 2 0 0 2 2 Beach V. 0 1 0 0 0 Boxe 8 6 9 5 11 Canoe Sl. 6 6 4 4 4 Canoe Sp. 6 6 8 5 9 Cy. Route 12 11 10 9 9 Cy. Piste 15 12 10 8 12 Cy. VTT 5 4 4 5 5 Cy. BMX - - 4 5 5 Equitation 10 12 9 12 15 Escrime 17 20 17 13 19 Football 0 0 0 1 1 Gymnastique A. 14 14 14 12 12 Gymnastique T. 1 1 1 1 2 Gymnastique R. 2 0 0 1 1 Haltérophile 6 5 4 4 5 Handball 2 2 2 2 2 Hockey 0 0 0 0 0 Judo 14 13 13 14 14 Lutte 3 3 9 6 2 Natation 23 35 49 34 36 Natation S. 2 1 1 1 Plongeon 9 1 2 5 3 Pentathlon 3 4 3 3 3 Baseball/Softball 0 0 0 - - Taekwondo 2 2 2 2 4 Tennis 8 10 12 8 12 Tennis T. 6 1 4 3 5 Tir 11 12 14 14 11 Tir A. 6 8 6 5 4 Triathlon 6 4 5 6 5 Voile 6 10 11 10 10 Volleyball 0 1 0 0 1 Water Polo 0 0 0 0 1 265 266 276 251 274 Certes, les méthodes de qualification ne sont pas restés identiques, ni forcément nombre de quotas distribués par sport. A noter que si la FFA n'avait pas été un repère de psychopathes rigoristes on aurait sans doute pu dépasser le record de 2008 (il faut voir l'Intérieur Sport sur K. Mayer pour comprendre à quel point cette politique de minimas est débile)

I L'Equipe too. And apparently, the letter is co-signed by Canada (CCES).

Heum ^^ 'yavbou' is the verlan form of the word 'bouyave', and i'll let tou use your google skills to figure out the rest ^^

Btw, French Tv had the groups allready drawned (no idea where from) We were drawned with the US, Australia, China, Serbia and Venezuela