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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon May 24, 2021 12:52 pm

So the big question is--will the Olympics actually happen this year? Things are not going well in Japan.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/japanese-b ... 1621855864
Opposition to the Tokyo Olympics opening in two months has deepened in Japan and spread to some prominent business leaders despite organizers highlighting recent warm-up events as evidence that the Games can safely go ahead.

On Sunday, Masayoshi Son, the chief executive of technology investment company SoftBank Group Corp. , painted a scenario in which arriving athletes and officials triggered a new wave of infections with virus variants, leading to deaths, more emergency shutdowns and further shrinkage of Japan’s economy.

Canceling the Games might bring financial losses, but by holding them, Mr. Son wrote on Twitter, “I think we’re going to lose something much bigger.”

Hiroshi Mikitani, the chief executive of e-commerce company Rakuten Group Inc., said in a recent interview with CNN that the Olympics were a “suicide mission.”

Olympic organizers say the event won’t be canceled. On Friday, John Coates, the head of the International Olympic Committee’s coordination commission for the Tokyo Olympics, said around 80% of athletes and officials were set to be vaccinated, and strict restrictions on movement would prevent contact with the public.

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Postby tifosi77 » Mon May 24, 2021 2:27 pm

It's easy for me, as a viewer, to sit back and nope out of the Olympics. But I can only imagine what it's like to be an athlete that's already sort of at the tail end of their career knowing that Tokyo was going to be your swan song. To have that taken away through no fault of your own has got to suck. I mean, this is different than say a boycott situation, or the entire Russian sporting federation relegated to asterisk status, because it's entire generation of athletics worldwide that's getting noped out.

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Postby meow » Mon May 24, 2021 2:32 pm

Let’s not over complicated this. If you are an athlete and want to participate, you have to do XYZ upon arrival.

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Postby CBear3 » Mon May 24, 2021 2:34 pm

Get vaccinated, get to travel, the end. I think its amazing that 80% of all participants are on path to be that way knowing how difficult it is in other countries and the reluctance in some parts of the world.

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Postby Orlando Penguin » Tue May 25, 2021 10:40 am

They've eliminated international spectators so that's a good first step for the Games to go on. @meow is right, there will be a lot of protocols in place for athletes, officials, and broadcasters. If things continue to get worse in Osaka or other parts of Japan, I'm sure the IOC will just play in empty arenas and stadiums. There's a ton of financial implications involved with these Games so if they get canceled, it's going to be a seismic hole in a lot of places.

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Postby meow » Tue May 25, 2021 12:26 pm

@meow is right
As per usual

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Postby Ad@m » Fri Jul 02, 2021 8:35 am

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/shacarri-r ... 17805.html
American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, a medal favorite in the 100-meter dash at the upcoming Olympics, failed a drug test and likely won't be able to run at the Tokyo Games, according to multiple reports Thursday night.

Richardson reportedly tested positive for cannabis, or marijuana, at U.S. Olympic Trials, where she won the 100. Richardson would be disqualified, and her place in the 100 handed to the fourth-place finisher at trials, Jenna Prandini. Gabby Thomas, who finished fifth, would become the alternate.

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Postby Gaucho » Fri Jul 02, 2021 8:39 am

c'mon, girl ...

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Fri Jul 02, 2021 8:57 am

Let’s not over complicated this. If you are an athlete and want to participate, you have to do XYZ upon arrival.
As in, the kind of stuff that athletes have been doing since sports resumed roughly 365 days ago?

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Postby meow » Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:48 am

Let’s not over complicated this. If you are an athlete and want to participate, you have to do XYZ upon arrival.
As in, the kind of stuff that athletes have been doing since sports resumed roughly 365 days ago?
Yes. Very observant of you, mr kangaroo

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Postby willeyeam » Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:58 am

Some plz explain how she's disqualified from the 100 but can participate in relays? That don't make no sense

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Postby dodint » Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:01 am

If I had to guess, the relays are 'chosen' and not qualified for based on time alone. At least that's how they do it in swimming. They can take x amount of athletes so the relay is comprised of the best balance of athletes that have to compete in individual events as well.

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Postby willeyeam » Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:03 am

Ah yeah that's probably it. Still dumb

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Postby meow » Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:27 am

Maybe testing occurs at different times for different events?

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Postby Morkle » Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:29 am

I mean, this is the biggest moment of your life. You've been training hard all this time, and you're going to lose everything for weed?

You are human, and humans are incredibly dumb. I see no fault of the testing, and all the fault on her. It doesn't matter if weed isn't performing enhancing or not, rules are rules, dammit.

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Postby dodint » Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:31 am

Maybe testing occurs at different times for different events?
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Postby meow » Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:51 am

Maybe testing occurs at different times for different events?
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Did someone say that? Cut me some slack. I’m sitting on a beach

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Postby Morkle » Fri Jul 02, 2021 12:03 pm

As I understood it, her suspension ends in a month, and the relay happens after the suspension lifts based on dates.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Fri Jul 02, 2021 1:47 pm

I am as pro cannabis as just about anyone, but this is just straight up stupidity. Don't turn her into a martyr for her lack of self control.

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Postby Tomas » Fri Jul 02, 2021 3:10 pm

Some plz explain how she's disqualified from the 100 but can participate in relays? That don't make no sense
AFAIK, in the US, the individual T&F OG participants are strictly determined by the results of the Trials. Since US can field three 100m athletes, the 1-2-3 finishers go. Since Richardson tested positive during Trials, she by definition did not participate in Trials, so she cannot go (even if hypothetically she were suspended for say just one day).

On the other hand, USATF has a freedom to select relay participants - and that theoretically includes taking someone who did NOT participate in Trials.

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Postby PFiDC » Fri Jul 02, 2021 3:49 pm

That's a RIGHT triangle you idiot!

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Postby shafnutz05 » Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:24 pm

That's a RIGHT triangle you idiot!
I know this reference but admittedly am not grasping the connection :lol:

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Postby PFiDC » Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:52 pm

That's a RIGHT triangle you idiot!
I know this reference but admittedly am not grasping the connection :lol:
In my head Tomas said all of that very fast. Don't know why...

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