2022 Olympic coverage

[NorthCyd]

Russian athletes regularly took banned drug in figure skating scandal

EXCLUSIVE: Grigory Rodchenkov has said he covered up positive drug tests by Russian athletes for trimetazidine before the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, when Russia topped the medals table.

www.dailymail.co.uk

This post reminds me that anyone who likes sports documentaries has to watch Icarus. It's insane and it centers around this guy.

 

[BCClone]

The guy from Mcfarland, Wisconsin is just oozing with Wisconsinness.

He’s getting drunk and killing the opponents?

 

[madguy30]

Solo bobsledding looks fun.

 

[isufbcurt]

Solo bobsledding looks fun.

I can't believe it took this long to get them in the Olympics

 

[aeroclone]

I would love to try Skeleton and Luge 1 time

Has anyone on here done this? Is this something you can do in Salt Lake or Lake Placid? Google turned up a bobsled experience thing in Lake Placid that appears to be a ride along with a professional driver. Count me in the group that would live to try these sliding sports once.

 

[isufbcurt]

Gold and Silver in monobob for USA. Gold to a Canadian that switched to USA.

 

[BCClone]

Has anyone on here done this? Is this something you can do in Salt Lake or Lake Placid? Google turned up a bobsled experience thing in Lake Placid that appears to be a ride along with a professional driver. Count me in the group that would live to try these sliding sports once.

Honestly, there would be a good chance of serious injury if you did these by yourself. I would love to do it but too afraid to die just jumping in with a buddy in a bobsled.

 

[cycloneG]

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva cleared to compete at Beijing Olympics after failed drug test; IOC won't hold medal ceremony if she places in top 3

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test.

www.espn.com

 

[dafarmer]

Looks like if you are under 16, doping rules don’t apply, but only in the Olympics. BS. Another 2 years and she will be washed up as a medalist, and another phenom will be on the podium.

 

[NorthCyd]

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva cleared to compete at Beijing Olympics after failed drug test; IOC won't hold medal ceremony if she places in top 3

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test.

www.espn.com

The IOC are a bunch of cowards. They'll wait until the Olympics are over for a few weeks and officially award the medals to Russia after everyone has moved on from the Olympics to avoid the uproar.

 

[isufbcurt]

Looks like if you are under 16, doping rules don’t apply, but only in the Olympics. BS.

Yup that's exactly what I read last week. Every country should allow the under 16 competitors to dope now.

 

[Rabbuk]

Looks like if you are under 16, doping rules don’t apply, but only in the Olympics. BS. Another 2 years and she will be washed up as a medalist, and another phenom will be on the podium.

I also feel like Russia should get zero benefit of the doubt. Like if this was a Zambian figure skater who was 16 it might be more buyable.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

The IOC is so corrupt that it makes FIFA look good.

They've pretty much just given the Russians a free pass to cheat forever.

 

[isufbcurt]

The IOC is so corrupt that it makes FIFA look good.

They've pretty much just given the Russians a free pass to cheat forever.

I read it was an arbitrator that said the Russian could complete and not the IOC. The IOC said if she can compete and she wins a medal we won't have a ceremony to recognize it.

 

[SCNCY]

I read it was an arbitrator that said the Russian could complete and not the IOC. The IOC said if she can compete and she wins a medal we won't have a ceremony to recognize it.

That basically does nothing though. She would still get a medal, she would go back to Russia and show everyone she won a medal, she will get endorsements for winning that medal in Russia. I am sure a lot of Olympians would like to be on the podium in front of the crowd, but just having the medal I would think is way more of a deal and important.

 

[BCClone]

I read it was an arbitrator that said the Russian could complete and not the IOC. The IOC said if she can compete and she wins a medal we won't have a ceremony to recognize it.

That is crap for the other two athletes if they are not from Russia. Do they not get one or do they just pull the Russian off the stand?

 

[KidSilverhair]

This post reminds me that anyone who likes sports documentaries has to watch Icarus. It's insane and it centers around this guy.

Icarus is a great documentary. It gets you started heading in one direction, and then swerves into something totally unexpected.

 

[bosh_27]

Has anyone on here done this? Is this something you can do in Salt Lake or Lake Placid? Google turned up a bobsled experience thing in Lake Placid that appears to be a ride along with a professional driver. Count me in the group that would live to try these sliding sports once.

If you're interested they have the Skelton or Bobsled at Whistler you can do. They have you start down the track a ways but it was a great time when we were out there a couple of years ago. Here's the link to the center that runs it.

 

[NWICY]

U.S. ladies beat S. Korea last nite in curling the match had tightened up when I left the party to go home. In 3rd place right now.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Has anyone on here done this? Is this something you can do in Salt Lake or Lake Placid? Google turned up a bobsled experience thing in Lake Placid that appears to be a ride along with a professional driver. Count me in the group that would live to try these sliding sports once.

The closest thing I've ever come to it might be considered "straight jacket sledding", where you take a garbage bag, punch a hole in the bottom, and wear it like a straight jacket - and then throw yourself down a hill headfirst. We did this a lot at the disc golf course south of Towers.