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Yulia Stepanova denied Rio
What!? 😦
The IOC has rejected the bid by Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova to compete as neutral athlete in Olympics.
Stepanova was cleared by track and field’s world governing body earlier this month to compete as a neutral athlete in the European championships and the Olympics. But the IOC did not accept the decision for the Olympics. …
The 800-meter runner provided evidence to the World Anti-Doping Agency of widespread cheating in Russia that led the IAAF to bar the country’s track and field athletes from international competition, including the Rio Games.
Stepanova, who served a two-year doping ban before turning whistleblower, is now living and training in the United States at an undisclosed location.
Without Yulia we wouldn’t know about systematic Russian doping corruption. What whistleblower will ever come forward in future?
related – No one really wants a Whistle Blower: Russia, the IOC, and Doping.
(via Nancy Armour)
The Daily Fail
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.
Russian gymnasts NOT banned from the Olympics
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
problems with Rio’s Athletes Village
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 Rio Team predictions
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.
Aliya Mustafina interview
Kerri Strug interview
Interesting.
Kerri Strug: ‘I was supposed to land the vault. Anything else would have been unacceptable.’
I’m reading The Sports Gene. One section talks about how athletes do not feel pain during extreme sports focus.
Chinese divers in Rio
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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