Windy’s Olympic & Worlds Thread

#79
#79
The spectators allowed in the pavilion are sympathetic. I understand. She’s a multi-generational talent. Still, her participation in the Olympics after a positive PED test in the fourth quarter of 2021 is just wrong.
 
#82
#82
Read that Russians teaching pre-rotation on jumps. It’s causing health issues for the skaters. Their youthful developing physiques can handle it over a short period of time, but the long term consequences are not good. The one-and-done Olympic appearances seem to bear this out.
 
#83
#83
Despite falls and bobbles, all three Russians atop the leaderboard? Suspect.
 
#84
#84
Japan’s Sakamoto nails it. We’ll see how the judges score her performance.
 
#93
#93
Tin Man said:
OK, did the 15-year old Russian skater knowingly take the PED, or was she unwittingly doped by the Russian National Olympic Program? By international rules, her positive test result late last year should’ve precluded her from participating in the Olympics, even though she’s tested negative for PEDs multiple times since. “Special circumstances” apply because she is under 16 years of age. The international rules committee has decided to allow her participation in the Olympic Games. Controversially, the decision is a FU to the clean athletes.

IMHO, her talent isn’t attributable to PEDs. Not just her athleticism, her technical skill, but her artistic presentation is beyond her years. I want to see her skate, but I acknowledge the corruption in the IOC and IRC and the repercussions of their decisions. She shouldn’t be on the ROC team. She should have to wait the appropriate time interval with negative PED tests before participating in international competitions.
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The IOC is a joke at best. They and their events deserve to die on the vine.
 
#94
#94
Alas, US men’s hockey team defeats Canada only to lose a shootout to Slovakia… They’re out. Not advancing to the medal rounds.
 
#95
#95
Women’s free skate live right now. US’s Chen atop the leaderboard at the moment.
 
#96
#96
The judges’ bias for Russian and Russian-trained skaters is apparent. Given Russia’s known issues with doping and the controversy of the harmful effects of the techniques they instill, one would think the judges would exercise a more critical eye. Nope. It seems the judges consider doping somebody else’s purview and value “artistry” over the health of the athletes.
 
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