The compromise (??) by the IOC makes no sense. It’s impossible to decide which athletes in Russia support Putin’s war and which do not.
Category: Olympics
Disagree with the IOC
I’m disgusted with Thomas Bach and his weak leadership.
As some feared, the International Olympic Committee made Putin a happy dictator.
They want to allow individual athletes with Russian or Belarusian passports to participate in Paris Olympic qualification.
They add that only those who have not acted against the peace mission of the IOC by actively supporting the war in Ukraine could compete.
How about Nikita Nagornyy, for example? Head of the Young Army Cadets National Movement. Nagornyy has been publicly supporting his country’s full scale invasion of Ukraine via social media.
TG Saar, a German gymnastics club, cut him from their Bundesliga team because of his support of Putin’s invasion.
Angelina Melnikova took part in a military march, posing with a Russian army veteran, holding a cardboard box marked with the letter Z, the militaristic symbol associated with supporters of the invasion of Ukraine.
What’s the plan IOC? Are you going to allow Melnikova and not Nagorny?
WHO is going to decide?
Clearly this compromise is going to blow up the face of the Olympic movement. Russians are going to compete, return home, then brag about their support of Putin’s war.
Look what happened in Australia when Tennis decided to allow Russian and Belarusian players. Pro-Russia supporters arrive with Putin and ‘Z’ banners
The press release mentions that Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was banned β while participation of βindependent athletesβ was allowed at the Olympic Games Barcelona 1992.
It carefully avoids including the fact that South Africa did not compete at Olympic Games from 1964 to 1988, as part of the boycott of apartheid. The South African National Olympic Committee (NOC) was expelled from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1970.
Banning South Africa helped speed the end of apartheid.
Banning Russia might help speed the end of innocent civilians being killed by Putin.
The IOC should ban Russia from Paris. Or allow all athletes to compete Paris as independents. One or the other.
Paris Hilton for Paris Olympics
Paris Olympics ticket lottery
BEST chance to get tickets is to put in your name during January 2023.
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Adem Asil – Egypt to Turkey
Adem Asil (nΓ©:Β Abdelrahman ElgamalΒ (Arabic:Β ΨΉΨ¨Ψ― Ψ§ΩΨ±ΨΩ Ω Ψ§ΩΨ¬Ω Ω) is an AA superstar and the Worlds 2022 Rings Champion.
He was 15th AA at the Tokyo Olympics.
After finishing 37th AA representing Egypt at the 2017 Worlds, Adem left his parents in Egypt to move to Turkey (TΓΌrkiye) because his coach had relocated there.
Be clear that Adem did not move because of problems in Egypt. In fact, Gymnastics in Egypt is booming. They have a terrific National Training Centre.
He began competing under the name Adem Asil in 2021. A reinvention. But his teammates still call him Abdel in the Gym.
It’s a great story. Click over to FIG to read more:
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IOC on Russia & Belarus
why Suni wants Paris 2024
Lee wants to try to replicate her performances on the mat, too. She’s described experiencing imposter syndrome after taking home the individual all-around crown, a feeling almost certainly tied to teammate Simone Biles’ withdrawal from the event at the last minute.
… still wants to show herself and the rest of the world that her success in 2021 wasn’t a fluke. …
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most Olympic Medals
10=) BjΓΈrn DΓ¦hlie (NOR) – Cross-country skiing/12 medals (8π₯ & 4π₯)
10=) Birgit Fischer (GER) – Canoeing/12 medals (8π₯ & 4π₯)
9) Paavo Nurmi (FIN) – Athletics/12 medals – (9π₯ & 3π₯)
8) Takashi Ono (JPN) – Gymnastics/13 medals (5π₯& 4π₯& 4π₯)
7) Edoardo Mangiarotti (ITA) – Fencing/13 medals (6π₯& 5π₯& 2π₯)
6) Boris Shakhlin (URS) – Gymnastics/13 medals (7π₯& 4π₯& 2π₯)
5) Ole Einar BjΓΈrndalen (NOR) – Biathlon/13 medals (8π₯& 4π₯& 1π₯)
4) Nikolai Andrianov (URS) – Gymnastics/15 medals (7π₯& 5π₯& 3π₯)
3) Marit BjΓΈrgen (NOR) – Cross-country skiing/15 medals (8π₯& 4π₯& 3π₯)
2) Larisa Latynina (URS) – Gymnastics/18 medals (9π₯& 5π₯& 4π₯)
1) Michael Phelps (USA) – Swimming/28 medals (23π₯& 3π₯& 2π₯)
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Jessica Hutchinson’s ’23 Floor
Jessica will compete a modified version of her mom’s (Silvia Mitova) 1992 Olympic routine.
Nile Wilson’s TED Talk
Nile informative and entertaining, as always.
He’s going to be on ITV’s Dancing on Ice next season. That should be entertaining, as well. π
Olympic gymnast and medalist Nile Wilson draws on his own personal challenges with mental health as a trailblazer in sports to shed some light on the challenges many professional athletes face on their journey to becoming champions.
.. Yet, Nile is so much more than just a gymnast – a YouTuber with over 1.5 million subscribers and 350 million total views; a social media influencer; a highly successful entrepreneur; an advocate for mental health awareness; and a powerful voice within his sport over the historic treatment of gymnasts. …
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