Pavlo

Borowska tested positive, out of OG though probably still fighting with B probe. It is unclear with Kobielski in high jump.

Rather mediocre. You can feel that we lost our momentum last year, media this time don't try to make fake hopes in my opinion. Our athletics has fallen to numerous serious problems, without it we can't have good olympics. If there is some small hype it's certainly volleyball and Iga but after Wimbledon (also HH injury) it is also not that great.

This is kind of sick language of war propaganda country. Sth like in Germany in 30s. Unreadable b...shit, especially that right-wing didn't come to power. Sth like double-thought in amazing 1984 (dwumyśl in polish translation)...book about Russia in fact.

The same is with C2 etc. The only thing that went crazy is Russia, really. After today, especially after deliberate attack on childrens hospital (cancer type too) Russia should be expelled from ioc for many years. As i wrote earlier we know them the best. Believe me, fact, not opinion. And all of this is just a kind of fun / play for them, i assure you. Sick minds. And this is this difference with Israel etc. Everywhere else there is some basic hint of basic rules, values. Only Russia plays on purpose without any human rules.

This should make you think twice about true russian intentions. Maybe after today's attacks doubts are even smaller by at least some of you. Russia is only playing with the world, they don't care, it's all just a plan of their ironic approach to any basic values. They are also only playing with ioc, even in this situation.

Puerto Rico - Lithuania seems to be on a different level comparing to the rest. Greece should win it easily, Latvia Brazil and Spain Bahamas can be close but with lower level than PRT-LIT.

But i think we won't reject that quota but will wait to either try to exchange him or try to play mixed doubles after withdrawing with few balls played in singles. Sure, we stil don't know what happened but i assume good news would be already published. For now, pure speculations.

I think 19, we sadly boycotted LA 1984. Best? I think Barcelona, high hopes after the end of comunism, waves of patriotism, good young team, beautiful city, football final, last free olympics as i see it. Romantic games for me 🙂, i was 15 then. Worst? Rio. Time difference, i couldnt feel the atmosphere, terrible games for Poland with many scandals. I was tired of Poland then, if not covid i would stop following polish sport. In pandemy every emotion was priceless.

Fiji in rugby, Guinea in football, South Sudan in basketball.

As always, there is no margin we won't waste, typicul for Poland. I am not surprised but i have really enough of it. After Paris i have to find different hobbies

Now we have to wait for news about Hurkacz

Athletics, swimming, volleyball, sprint canoe, tennis

Do you see any difference between USA, NATO and...Poland? We can duscuss about Hussain regim, just read about his son. Qadafi was also good? Some Polish soldiers took part in this mission, not Poland. Russia invaded Ukraine with full force. Some our soldiers also tried to keep peace in Afghanistan? Now is it better there? C'mon, Hussain was a dictator. Poland didn't invade Iraq 🙂. Russia also recruits soldiers from other countries, i think i heard sth about Nepal, Central African states, North Korea. But it doesnt mean that Nepal or Chad invaded Ukraine even if some their soldiers fight there.

I think we can say that Poland didn't use NC to improve rankings significantly

So you know things about Poland i didn't know😂, i had to miss invading other country by Poland. Are sure of your words? Wow, what a level 🙂. If terrorists are from muslim countries mostly should we ban all muslim countries? We invaded Lithuania after WWI what was shameful but that's it my friend. Soldiers of many nations are on different missions, i assume you know it. Maybe not.

But looking at it from strategic point of view if goverment decides to have a war the same goverment has to face many limitations on many fields, cultural, sportive, economical etc. In a way sport is a part of national promotion etc. so looking at this from that point of view this is fair in my opinion. Ukrainians pay the real price, the fact that some athletes are not allowed to OG is irrelevant to the value of Ukrainian lifes. Would German athlets be allowed to compete if we had 1940 and 1944 OG? Should they, Japanese and Italian too? Rather not and this is similar. In my opinion justified as to Russia. I don't get it as to Belarus. Olympic cart leaves the gap to such decision...if Russia would really want to change it the solution is easy...leave Ukraine. It seems really simple, my opinion. Also resulting with ways of conducting this war by Russia, unhuman ways with war crimes. I think you forget about this. Maybe if it was just a war of armies it should go other way round. How this war looks...sorry, in my opinion harsh but justified verdict. Let's make the world better. They even withdraw the athletes who could compete. Living in Poland we really know what Russia is about, dirty play 100%, i assure you. 100% bad intentions. This is it from me here.

Georgia, just incredible, wonderful result.

Yep but it would help in old system, in this new one it's hard to tell.

We will see if Brazil gets any better. From my point of view both our teams should play for 1st place and all 3 giants will qualify. Then it's this ranking then, first time. Strange pairs in 1/4 possible, unfair i mean. We have to wait and see, i preferred the old system. This one is better for rugby 7s and basketball, maybe even handball but doesnt suit volleyball tournament.

Me? I returned but this thread is mixing sport and politics, not me. I was even surprised it was approved but since it was...what is wrong in taking part in discussion? Did i wrote anything about politics in sport threads or is it just typicul Polish ad personam instead of ad rem? 😉, hi there, no problem. Yes, subject of this thread is difficult but in fact we are living now in dangerous and very difficult times. So maybe it's ok that we can talk about it. Reality, just reality. Ain status is mixing sports and politics from very begining, don't you think? Ioc had done it, not me i think😉.

Just read about it. Everyone has his opinion, here we just discuss. How can i call it, military consequence of their own war? In Poland also one person was killed by missile out of order, maybe shot missile. Sevastopol? Wasn't it shot Ukrainian missile, parts of it? Shot by Russians. Hey, when you have a war, like Germany wwii you have to accept that the defending country will answer. War is bilateral, and this is russian war. Such things sadly happen but you really think Putin worried about many Russians lifes attacking Ukraine? It is normal risk, Russian risk. Ukraine does not target civilian targets like Russia on purpose through all this war. You can defend your friends but you can't succeed in this process.

Most of us don't care any more about groups. We just care if....this time...we will win 1/4. So maybe this group is good for us in this perspective. If we don't have to face Slovenia 🙂🙂 of course in 1/4

Nope, we were invaded by Russia, many times. We are not anti-Russian. Russia is anti-Polish. In total way, total destruction i mean. We have a right to defend. Ukraine also has the right to defensive war, as any. Those kids in Sewastopol werent killed by Ukrainians...You didn't get to know a true face of Russia, we did. We have knowledge about them, you don't. Facts, not opinion. Sport is important for Russia, it is a fair price they pay as a country invading their neighbor. In fact they had different serious problems in sport even before this war. Defensive war is a natural right of every nation excluded from criticism, international ław.

And 2 be true. Israel - Palestine problem is bilateral on thousands of bases through the ages. Religious etc. Russia just brutaly invaded their cousins in a way. Brutal politics. This is comparable to PAL-ISR conflict, really? Can anyone here clearly say who has the bigger right to Jeruzalem etc? But i think we know who has the rights to Kiev? C'mon. Be serious here. Also let's not forget muslim terrorism, not only in Israel... By what Ukraine deserved their fate, hmm?

Would you have the same opinion if it was Croatia attacking Serbia? Well we know that in Serbia Russian matters are seen a bit different. Nothing wrong with it but that's the way it is. Russians kill Ukrainian children not the other way round even if it is not according with Serbian vision 😉. This thread is not about Israel, no one is claiming here what you are trying to suggest about Palestinian children. Russia pays its price for Ukrainian kids. If you value children life why should Russia be free of consequences? Are you for protection of kids lifes?