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I'd pick my phone and watch both, but I get your point

I came here to ask the exact same thing Mostly because I noticed the list in the OP had a lot of names missing that Wikipedia does have, big names among them.

It's exactly what I hear a lot of people on other forums say often and when the Olympics are actually starting, somehow you magically see them posting about those sports they weren't gonna watch

I'm not entirely sure, but I'm 99% sure that a positive A sample automatically leads to a provisional suspension, since the B sample is positive as well in almost all cases. So I really don't think it's likely that the Romanian federation knew about it before the junior worlds.

Every athlete from every nation should be checked by international agencies. There's no denying though that extra tests for the Russians at the moment is a good thing, since they were on a state-sponsored doping program.

I don't think they have a smaller fan base than some of the old sports like fencing or wrestling to be honest, it just depends on the nations.

Well fuck. Contador is going to Trek apparently, so that's the end for Mollema's podium ambitions in the Tour de France as he'll probably have to do nothing but ride for Contador

20. For bonus points: 7 different sports For more bonus points: 9 different nations

What are the rules? B-sample has to be announced as positive before the closing ceremony is finished?

Froome is without any doubt the deserved winner, but I think it's long ago I saw a winner who was so unconvincing...

I really love these pictures from the side...but in a replay! Not live

Yes Finally The Gorilla wins a stage in this year's Tour, what a majestic sprint by him

Both Coquard and Groenewegen with mechanical problems and out of the sprint of sprints

Problems according to the head of the Dutch team as well: "There are tons of problems we could not have expected....everything is leaking, water and gas mains are broken, electricity cabels are still out in the open and the toilets simply don't flush (like when something is stuck in it)." Dutch technical personell is apparently helping to fix a huge amount of problems. "We have hope that the things can be fixed in time, but it's going to be a huge challenge."

As long as there is a bathroom door in there that can be closed (I guess the room wasn't totally finished yet when they took this photo) that's just a hotel room with a bathroom

Thanks

Where did you get this, if I may ask? I might use it on a Dutch website to update an article about the Australians moving out of the Village because of unliveable conditions

Not that many I think?

Australian athletes arrived at the Olympic Village and have moved back out to hotels, because conditions are "unliveable"...toilets barely flush, showers flood the rooms and so on. Wonderful start..

Interesting situation in women's +75 now. Kashirina would have easily won the gold except for some miracle, which I think is why China didn't send Meng and Zhou. However, now that Kashirina is out, both Meng and Zhou would quite easily win the gold (like 90% chance)...even more realistic than 1-2 of their other lifters.. Do you guys think it's possible China fakes an injury for one of the other women in order to send Meng or Zhou and take an even more sure gold medal?

No Romanova too I see now, but she wasn't really a medal favourite anyway. http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/07/Rio2016_List-of-Athletes-by-Event_20160721_Public.pdf Out of the Russians on the entry list, those two are the only ones who have served a doping ban.

Only Kashirina from weightlifting

No Read some posts above you please, this is Daily Mail bullshit

I'm sad for Stepanova, but everything put together, I think the IOC has done a relatively good job. If I had to give this decision a note from 1-10, I would go for a 6 or 7

No Stepanova, great way from IOC to show a completely wrong signal Goodbye to anyone else having the courage to be a whistleblower No Efimova, best news of 2016