Russia doping scandal continues
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UPDATED: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 03:40
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Here we go again?
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Is there any time that you don't like the results of something where you don't whine about it Ted?
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The 15 year-old figure skating phenom, Valieva, got the green light yesterday to compete for the Gold, even though she tested positive for a banned substance in December. Apparently, being a minor absolves her of any wrongdoing. They say that if she wins as expected there won't be a medal ceremony. Very bizarre situation indeed, but not even registering on the bizarre meter compared to NBC's coverage with Johnny Weir doing the color oh so colorfully.
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Quote:Sounds like I need to follow it better in order to understand that.
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
The 15 year-old figure skating phenom, Valieva, got the green light yesterday to compete for the Gold, even though she tested positive for a banned substance in December. Apparently, being a minor absolves her of any wrongdoing. They say that if she wins as expected there won't be a medal ceremony. Very bizarre situation indeed, but not even registering on the bizarre meter compared to NBC's coverage with Johnny Weir doing the color oh so colorfully.
Once upon a time I thought The Olympics was where the best human athletes competed at the highest levels. Maybe that was always just an illusion.
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Well, despite every skater in history saying she shouldn't be allowed to skate, she skated. I cannot believe that not ONE single Russian ADULT in her camp didn't tell her not to skate. Withdrawing would have salvaged some honor and dignity to a situation that the girl, a 15 year old, may or may not have had anything to do with.
She took the ice last to skate as the leader going into the long program and you could see right away she was a total emotional wreck. Then she skated .. and fell down more in a couple of minutes than her entire career. She finished in tears and was quite inconsolable afterwards. Do these Russian coaches want to win SO badly that they'll destroy a child's life to do it? She left the arena never speaking to anyone. Jeesh, I hope she doesn't end up in a gulag somewhere.
The other two Russians won Gold and Silver. They were crying too, with the Silver medalist repeatedly saying she didn't want to go to the medal ceremony. The only HAPPY person there was the Japanese gal who won the Bronze. All in all, an Olympic horror show.
NBC's hosts Tara & Johnny really did an excellent job voicing and explaining their views as all this mayhem was going on. It was quite gut-wrenching to experience.
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I'm all for performance enhancing drugs when it comes to pro sports.
With the amount of money they make and the fact that the majority of us have been priced out of ever seeing any games live again over the last few decades, I want to see mutants out on that field. I want to see 500+ Home Run races. I want to see at least one backboard shattered every basketball game.
But I don't want to see any of that in the Olympics.
Shame.
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The Russian hierarchy’s fondness for cheating ruined this young girls’ life. She is just a child. You can bet she didn’t decide to cheat but was led down that path by her handlers. What has happened to her is a tragedy that will haunt her. It’s not her fault and is nothing but sad.
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Norway is dominating the Olympics and it is a country with only five million people. It’s due to their holistic approach to developing their athletes. They protect them and let them develop over time supporting them as they do.
This young lady should leave Russia, train cleanly with a new trainer, and then represent Russia again when she is ready. She needs to heal.
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