Dunadan 1,103 Posted July 20, 2021 #2311 Share Posted July 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, tirtha22 said: Hiroshi Hoketsu (Japan ) at 80 years competing in equestrian event will become the oldest athlete to take part in Olympics. I thought he hadn't been selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted July 20, 2021 #2312 Share Posted July 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, Dunadan said: I thought he hadn't been selected. He was not. The oldest Olympian in Tokyo will be Mary Hanna. Dunadan 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirtha22 64 Posted July 20, 2021 #2313 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Tokyo 2020 : Hottest Olympic games ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,195 Posted July 20, 2021 #2314 Share Posted July 20, 2021 The weather forecast seems alright for the first week, the high temp is around 30, which is not bad if you know that it could have been around 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnl 658 Posted July 20, 2021 #2315 Share Posted July 20, 2021 I saw something about the Polish swimming team not allowed to participate due to registration problems, anyone heard of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano 435 Posted July 20, 2021 #2316 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Dnl said: I saw something about the Polish swimming team not allowed to participate due to registration problems, anyone heard of this? Yes, we have a 6 swimmers less than we want, and we refused ro start in women's 4x100 metres relays event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnl 658 Posted July 20, 2021 #2317 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Adriano said: Yes, we have a 6 swimmers less than we want, and we refused ro start in women's 4x100 metres relays event I mean if they are already there and the IOC gave plenty of Universities places and invitations to athletes why not just give them the chance?, I truly feel sorry for those who were told to go back home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano 435 Posted July 20, 2021 #2318 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Dnl said: I mean if they are already there and the IOC gave plenty of Universities places and invitations to athletes why not just give them the chance?, I truly feel sorry for those who were told to go back home To be honest 1. Polish can send 10 swimmers in relays (we have 7 swimmers "relays only) and 6 (with B standard, and we cannot add this 3 additional places). Yes it was a big drama for girls.... Big mistake for Poland, but for me FINA can add this 3 places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirtha22 64 Posted July 20, 2021 #2319 Share Posted July 20, 2021 18 minutes ago, Dnl said: I saw something about the Polish swimming team not allowed to participate due to registration problems, anyone heard of this? That was an error from the authorities. 6 of them were sent home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 697 Posted July 20, 2021 #2320 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Dnl said: I mean if they are already there and the IOC gave plenty of Universities places and invitations to athletes why not just give them the chance?, I truly feel sorry for those who were told to go back home I definitely feel sorry for the swimmers but other nations have had to cut their numbers so it would set a terrible precedent if they allowed the Polish team to bring whoever they wanted I posted earlier that Ireland very nearly made the same mistake. We're using a backstroke sprinter and a breast stroker to fill out our 4x200m freestyle team as we could only use 2 relay only spots and none of our freestylers got an invite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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