Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics
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Re: Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics
#2The article talks about 'track and field', which isn't a term I've ever heard before. It's the athletics team that's been banned isn't it? The article even sounds confused that 'track and field' is administered by an organisation called 'International Association of Athletics Federations', which could have been a clue that the name was wrong.
Re: Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics
#3I'm at a bit of loss when it comes to being able to care. Maybe for the athletes that were possibly forced into doping, but otherwise, this is a power struggle between an incredibly corrupt state actor and an incredibly corrupt IOC.
Besides, if the condition reports out of Rio are to be believed (and I see no reason not to) it's not the worst thing to stay home.
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/14791849/trash-co...
Re: Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics
#4The article talks about 'track and field', which isn't a term I've ever heard before. It's the athletics team that's been banned isn't it? The article even sounds confused that 'track and field' is administered by an organisation called 'International Association of Athletics Federations', which could have been a clue that the name was wrong.
Track and field is the American English term for what you're calling "athletics".
Re: Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics
#5The article talks about 'track and field', which isn't a term I've ever heard before. It's the athletics team that's been banned isn't it? The article even sounds confused that 'track and field' is administered by an organisation called 'International Association of Athletics Federations', which could have been a clue that the name was wrong.
In the United States at least, "track and field" refers to what other countries might call "athletics" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_and_field). The term "athletics" in the US would more often be used to refer to sports in general.
Re: Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics
#6The article talks about 'track and field', which isn't a term I've ever heard before. It's the athletics team that's been banned isn't it? The article even sounds confused that 'track and field' is administered by an organisation called 'International Association of Athletics Federations', which could have been a clue that the name was wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_and_field
According to wikipedia athletics covers a few more sports:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_of_athletics
However, the dictionary definition of athletics is "physical sports and games of any kind". That definition makes more sense, because football teams have the word athletic in their name (e.g. "Charlton Athletic"), and the word "athlete" is typically used for any type of sports-person.
Re: Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics
#7The article talks about 'track and field', which isn't a term I've ever heard before. It's the athletics team that's been banned isn't it? The article even sounds confused that 'track and field' is administered by an organisation called 'International Association of Athletics Federations', which could have been a clue that the name was wrong.
In the US, "athletics" is usually called "track and field". Here we have "USA Track & Field" as our governing body.
Re: Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics
#8The article talks about 'track and field', which isn't a term I've ever heard before. It's the athletics team that's been banned isn't it? The article even sounds confused that 'track and field' is administered by an organisation called 'International Association of Athletics Federations', which could have been a clue that the name was wrong.
Track and Field is the common umbrella term for basically the sports that happen in the Olympic stadium: running, throwing, jumping, etc. i.e. the events that involve running on a "track" and doing activities in a "field".
Re: Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics
#9The article talks about 'track and field', which isn't a term I've ever heard before. It's the athletics team that's been banned isn't it? The article even sounds confused that 'track and field' is administered by an organisation called 'International Association of Athletics Federations', which could have been a clue that the name was wrong.
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Re: Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics
#10"In general, nations have been barred because of geopolitical considerations, not doping"
Right, because doping really is the sole reason for banning Russia from the games and geopolitical considerations have nothing to do with this decision at all.