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The Daily Mail is the United Kingdom’s second biggest-selling daily newspaper.
Jonathan Mcevoy put his name on a completely wrong story yesterday. 😦
I don’t follow that newspaper, much preferring The Guardian. And I’ll link as little as possible to the Daily Fail in future.
Russia will not receive a blanket ban from Rio 2016 following the country’s doping scandal, an Olympic source has told the BBC.
Instead, the International Olympic Committee will leave it up to individual sport’s governing bodies to decide if Russian competitors are clean and should be allowed to take part.
Russia is corrupt. Systematic doping was approved all the way up to – I assume – the defacto dictator Putin. But I’m still happy Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline will get to compete in Rio.
The Russian girls are en route to Brazil now.
Amanda Turner – IOC Declines to Ban Russia from Rio
via Gymternet Clan
The AOC (Australian Olympic Committee )arrived in Rio on the weekend, hoping to move into its village digs on Sunday.
Instead, staff will continue to work from a nearby hotel. The first Australian athletes, boxers and canoeists, also were scheduled to move into the village on Sunday. Contingency arrangements were being made as dawn broke in Rio. “From what we’ve seen,” said a spokesman, “you wouldn’t put people in there yet.” …
4for4 has updated their projection. Note that this was done before the announcement on whether or not Russia will be competing.
Compare with another projection – Team E-Score Analysis.
Interesting.
I’m reading The Sports Gene. One section talks about how athletes do not feel pain during extreme sports focus.
They won six gold medals at the 2012 London Games and seven in Beijing, so a golden sweep of the eight Olympic diving events (men’s and women’s individual three-meter springboard and 10-meter platform, synchronized three-meter springboard and 10-meter platform) in Rio isn’t out of the question for the Chinese. …
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