Bohemia 1,259 Posted February 22, 2018 #481 Share Posted February 22, 2018 50 minutes ago, dcro said: Well that explains it, as when I think about it, I've never actually seen any other athlete do that except Bolt. The French men's handball team did it at the 2012 Games on the podium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,287 Posted February 22, 2018 #482 Share Posted February 22, 2018 On 1/26/2018 at 10:14, Dimast said: An open letter from Victor An to the IOC President Thomas Bach Dear Mr. President Thomas Bach, Back in 2002, I got my first opportunity to participate in Olympic Games. The present ones in Korea were supposed to become an especially significant part of my career for several reasons. Two weeks before the start of the Olympics I found out that the Olympic movement does not consider me an athlete, who deserves to be a part of it without even providing an explanation. During my entire career journey in short track, I’ve never given a reason to doubt my honesty and my integrity, especially when it comes to my victories which I achieved with nothing but my strength and dedication. I have always maintained respect to the sport itself, my rivals, the Olympic movement, and I’ve always complied with the anti-doping legislation. I honestly thought that properly completing all the steps to meet the criteria to be a part of the Olympic Games, a "clean" athlete deserves a right to compete there. However, the IOC commission has decided otherwise and didn’t provide me with reasons why so. I thoroughly went over the criteria which commission utilized when they made this decision. I can honestly declare that I haven’t done anything that would justify putting me on the list of athletes barred from participating in the Olympic Games. It is outrageous that there is no concrete reason which explains my exclusion from the Olympics, and furthermore people now view me as an athlete who used doping. After all these years in sports, this verdict of preventing me to be in Olympics has become a symbol of mistrust to me from the side of IOC as well as the reason of mistrust from the side of the entire sport community. I hope that the IOC will ultimately declare their reason for my exclusion, so I will be able to defend my honor and dignity. I have a full right to believe and hope that I have the trust of my supporters, as well as journalists, after my long journey in short-track and with absolute absence of my fault in this situation, when I’m deprived an opportunity to participate in the Olympics. Sincerely Yours, Viktor An Naive Victor)) You were banned from the Olympics because you compete for a terrible Russia and won in a terrible Sochi 3 gold medals i've just read this letter now and i'm sure if he was here , it'd have been his Olympics too according to what we have seen so far in men's competition Dimast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 783 Posted February 22, 2018 #483 Share Posted February 22, 2018 More than happy for the Shaolin brothers, now i know why i bet 10 points on Hungary winning medals with two different athletes. NearPup 1 Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapaj 309 Posted February 22, 2018 #484 Share Posted February 22, 2018 First Hungarian gold medal in the history of the WOG`s! I am very happy to saw this! Dimast, Griff88, dcro and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 783 Posted February 22, 2018 #485 Share Posted February 22, 2018 vor 3 Minuten schrieb lapaj: First Hungarian gold medal in the history of the WOG`s! I am very happy to saw this! Congratulations, not good for my predictions, but glad to see Hungary finally winning gold after the disappointing loss by Swaney. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted February 22, 2018 #486 Share Posted February 22, 2018 34 minutes ago, thepharoah said: i've just read this letter now and i'm sure if he was here , it'd have been his Olympics too according to what we have seen so far in men's competition In which way? By getting free ADV's or something? If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,287 Posted February 22, 2018 #487 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, heywoodu said: In which way? By getting free ADV's or something? no by winning gold medals if he'd have participated Edited February 22, 2018 by thepharoah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted February 22, 2018 #488 Share Posted February 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, thepharoah said: no by winning gold medals if he'd have participated Nah, he's not even close to being the superstar he was some years ago anymore If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,287 Posted February 22, 2018 #489 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Just now, heywoodu said: Nah, he's not even close to being the superstar he was some years ago anymore ofc , but at least he would have won 1 and another medal , we have only double medalist so far in men's individual events which's Lim Hyo-jun who's won gold and bronze , so he had actually a very good chance apart from all IMO he deserves to participate here cuz it should have been his last Olympics as long as you let Russian athletes to participate and as long he wasn't banned or proven to be doped , it was also better for the whole competition to have such legend participating , so i still find no reason to ban him with others who hadn't proven to be doped from participating here Dimast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,261 Posted February 22, 2018 #490 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Men´s 500m 1. Wu Dajing 39.584WR, 2. Hwang Dae-Heon 39.854, 3. Lim Hyo-Jun 39.919 Full Results HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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