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The 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.
The 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 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.
"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.
I'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/tra…
I am kinda surprised, since the Russians seem to have been cooperative with everything the IAAF asked them to do.
The 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.
I'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/tra…
It's the IAAF, and for which the IOC needs to comply with.
From a different source, the IOC (with IAAF's blessing?) was considering allowing individual Russian Athletes to file an appeal, on the basis that punishing one athlete for the behavior of another is not justice.
I'm struggling to come up with a governing sports body that isn't corrupt on some level.
As a fan of US professional sports, I've yet to come across an athletic association that wasn't mired in some level of controversy endemic to the organization.
High school athletic programs, and even little league baseball have problems with "corruption."
2014: 33 (13 gold)
2010: 15 (3 gold)
2006: 22 (8 gold)
2002: 13 (5 gold)
1998: 18 (9 gold)
1994: 23 (11 gold)
We also have a dead head of the anti-doping committee (Nikita Kamayev), and a dead ex-head of the same committee (Vyacheslav Sinev), both suspiciously dead within two weeks.
http://www.unian.info/world/1264887-two-senior-ex-officials-...
The 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".
Obviously a millenial. I feel like I am wasting my time explaining it, when you could just look it up in a dictionary.