heywoodu

I'd probably just go with 'Best team' and 'Best doubles/pair', instead of splitting it between men and women.

Apparently Eggert/Benecken retired? Wow, had I missed some massive news there And Steu together with.....Kindl?!

Which competition and which athlete? I can't bring myself to watch 2 hours of halfpipe or big air, but am curious (assuming the athlete is sort of ok?).

Nice that finally the ski cross World Cup season has started And Näslund is beatable, apparently. Huh

Given the total amount of zero (0) Palestine boxers in Olympic history, I doubt that's going to be an issue. Unless I'm really missing someone who is qualifying for 2024 and doing so in a weight class with a significant chance of meeting an Israeli athlete.

'Sir' 'Seb' Coe being against this makes it seem being in favour of this is actually the right thing to do.....

Considering there have been biathletes from both countries who made it clear they were (strongly) against the invasion, I'd assume the same goes for some summer sports.

Oh mine is definitely not going to be a problem neither It's just an administrative thing, the system isn't open yet or something, but that'll be solved within a few weeks

Whether or not that's worse than Saudi Arabia is up for debate I'd guess, but yeah, that would not be great neither.

I don't see Moscow 2036 happening yet, despite today's news

It won't wreck it. It will make for a few books to be written, maybe a documentary or even a movie or something (depending on how many nations boycott, which, again, I truly think is not going to be anywhere close to double digits), but that's about it. We've got two examples in the 80's for that.

I was not joking, no. I know it's problematic in head-to-head sports, but aren't there more of those than just the combat sports? Archery, badminton, breaking, track cycling, potentially shooting (of all things), climbing, tennis with and without a table would all potentially have the exact same issue, I'd assume.

Also, Bach falling for Russian propaganda is even less surprising than when I went out in the rain and ended up wet.

How I wish bookmakers were offering odds for this...

Honestly I'd think being able to dope untested for several years is way, way, way more of a positive (no pun intended) influence on one's performance than the lack of international competition being a negative one. Especially in sports where Russians are world class, their own internal competitions are plenty strong enough to make up for the lack of international competition. And as we know, doping effects stay (at least partially) basically for your entire career, even if you've stopped years ago.

That's what I thought, but aren't there more head-to-head sports than only combat sports?

Followed by, the moment Tokyo actually happened, Beijing being cancelled due to COVID

Except that the UK isn't boycotting It would obviously be a bit of a serious deal if they do (and if other countries follow), simply because they're one of the top-10 countries in world sports, but....they're not boycotting....that's just not going to happen, it's hard to find words on how to make that even clearer

No, one person does, because he needs a reason for every single Olympics to fail in some way, preferably by being cancelled, and for Paris this is the most obvious to have under his Ctrl + V Oh well, everyone is entitled to their fun I suppose

Why specifically in combat sports, and not in other sports?

Good luck in finding that wording, here is the letter ! https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-on-russias-war-on-ukraine-and-international-sport/statement-on-russias-war-on-ukraine-and-international-sport

We should have this thread but only for people who might (even strongly) disagree with each other, whereas people who are actually and specifically doing their best to insult for example users on this forum stay in their little playground

Alright. Which reminds me, almost 2024, meaning the vacation system for next year will open up at work, so it's almost time to register three weeks of Olympics vacation Which is significantly more likely to happen than a (mass) boycott, by the way Still super curious what your "Cortina 2026 will fail/be cancelled" pitch is going to be.

Without trying to be shot or something, so treading very carefully: I can't say I am entirely unhappy with certain Russian and Belarussian athletes being allowed to compete in Paris under a neutral flag and when fulfilling certain individual criteria. The entire situation is a massive hot mess and it is going to be utterly impossible to agree on which one solution is the best thing, but this one seems at the very least slightly acceptable (and better than both excluding every single Russian and Belarussian athlete no matter what or letting every single one in).

No, it isn't. I'm curious what your Ctrl + V thing is going to be for Cortina 2026 by the way