JamDH 17 Posted June 29, 2021 #2151 Share Posted June 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Olympian1010 said: BBC dropped their annual trailer for the Olympics today. Not going to lie the BBC Olympic films are strangely one of the things I look forward to most before the games, I don't even mind seeing them again and again every time a broadcast starts. This is better than the Rio one imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangehair43 172 Posted June 30, 2021 #2152 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Will the BBC amend it now Nasser is banned for two years as her name is briefly seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laraja 1,364 Posted July 1, 2021 #2153 Share Posted July 1, 2021 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/07/b4528d6b1ab8-breaking-news-samoa-cancels-tokyo-olympic-participation-report.html dcro and intoronto 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplecast 113 Posted July 1, 2021 #2154 Share Posted July 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, Laraja said: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/07/b4528d6b1ab8-breaking-news-samoa-cancels-tokyo-olympic-participation-report.html Samoa’s Participation in the Tokyo Olympics Uncertain – Talamua Online A Samoan news source. It doesn't look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,470 Posted July 1, 2021 #2155 Share Posted July 1, 2021 This part is confusing though… Quote Samoa has pulled its Olympics team from the Summer Games in Tokyo due to worries over the rising COVID-19 infections in host nation Japan, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) reported on Thursday. A meeting has been scheduled to discuss the involvement of Samoa's Olympics team, RNZ added, without giving more details. Those are two very contradictory sentences. I think Samoa has some athletes based outside the country, and my guess is the meeting is to decide wether or not to allow them to participate. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 922 Posted July 1, 2021 #2156 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I had talked about Samoa's withdrawal in the South Pacific thread last week. However Samoa will likely compete via Alex Rose based in the USA. No such luck for Nauru, Marshall Islands etc Samoan athletes had to quarantine in New Zealand ,Australia and then Samoa and while returning the same procedure again but twice the time in each country. That would be months wasted. Gianlu33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,470 Posted July 1, 2021 #2157 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Yeah, Guam’s NOC President brought up similar concerns earlier this week. Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109507/guam-noc-covid-19-fiji “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,470 Posted July 1, 2021 #2158 Share Posted July 1, 2021 According to a statement posted by Samoa’s NOC on their Facebook page, they still plan to participate in the 2020 Olympic Games, but their domestically based athletes and officials/coaches/management team will not make the trip to Tokyo. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted July 1, 2021 #2159 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Bach will have a nice vacation in Tokyo, arriving 15 days before the Opening Ceremony... https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109664/bach-arrival-in-tokyo-2020-on-july-8 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Hudson 35 1 Posted July 2, 2021 #2160 Share Posted July 2, 2021 oh Benolympique 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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