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2016 Summer Olympics |OT2| August 5th - August 21st
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I had no idea about Gay, Blake or Powell, fuck all of them too then.
Oh well, at least Canada and Japan are not tainted as far as we know.
I just hope Bolt never tests positive, that would really crush me.
the_sun_king
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The first positive was because he was taking medication for ADHD which had steroids in it. Not exactly performance enhancing.
Oh man, if it were to ever be revealed that Bolt was juiced, I think that'd be a bigger fall from grace than Lance Armstrong.
GravityInsanity
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Fuck...
Tallshortman
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People conveniently forget it was for ADHD medication which he essentially won a ruling of taking it for non-competitive reasons and was reinstated early.
I'm not defending doping but damn people acting like he's the only track athlete that ever tested positive.
I've found my pictures from then:
Also of note: Looking through the captions I had on those pictures, I'm amused by the observation I made earlier that there were audible boos for Justin Gatlin which changed to cheers when they moved on to Tyson Gay. Not sure that would be the same now!
Yo, why is India so weak at the Olympics?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_at_the_Olympics
That's crazy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_at_the_Olympics
That's crazy.
Stop defending teachers because other people cheat too
Also not everyone cheats as much or cheats the same way. So yeah Gatlin is one of many but a cheater nonetheless. I'm glad he didn't get another medal.
Hasphat'sAnts
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It's so fucking arbitrary who we give a pass for vs who we condemn too.
I almost hate the sanctimony more than the doping itself
If only cricket was an Olympic sport.
Tallshortman
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teachers what the hell are you talking about?
What do you mean? Have they upheld the DQ decision? I can't follow here.
Just like with the Tour De France winners - it's between those who have been caught and those who haven't been caught yet in mind. I just don't worry about it.
perfectchaos007
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Adderall and Vyvance had been banned in MLG for obvious reasons but I didn't know it could help you run faster
Fuck...
Heartbreaking. To lose because of DQ and it wasn't even his fault.
they don't allocate a lot of money to sports I am guessing.
Cricket is their thing there, and it isn't an olympic sport.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Barely any funding and outside of cricket, sports aren't too popular.
Sounds like it. Apparently the GB guy has his foot on a red line but there's no angle that proves it.
Brazil will get their spot. Funny how that works.
Lion Heart
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Woooot Bronze!! Happy for Canada, Japan and motherfuckin BOLT!!
De Grasse is incredible, what a comeback to put them in contention for bronze. 2 more meters and Silver is theirs, thats how well he ran.
De Grasse is incredible, what a comeback to put them in contention for bronze. 2 more meters and Silver is theirs, thats how well he ran.
I'm kind of curious that it looked like none of those punches were registered. I was wondering for a while if the hardware was broken.
SparksterMeta0
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Why is India so weak at every sport (except cricket)?
Not a sporting culture, not putting funding into sport to change that.
Gotdatmoney
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Man the Gatlin hate is so extreme. Yes the dude doped (as have many sprinters who ran in this race) but it's be like 8 years and he's been clean. When the fuck are people going to get over it? You don't need to like him but the seething hate is so extreme. Jesus. And I'm Canadian so I benefit from this fuck up (go De Grasse!!!) but jesus, the hate is so arbitrary.
Damn. Being disqualified in the Olympics, especially when it's not down to you, has to be soul crushing.Fuck...
Tallshortman
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It's got amphetamines in it which is banned.
lol being dense? They're two totally different words and the letters are not close to the same order.
SchrodingerC
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Unf, those male divers look almost too perfect.
SolidSnakex
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That surprisingly seems like a real possibility unless Jamaica has solid replacements. Japan actually beat Jamaica in one of the qualifying rounds when Bolt wasn't part of the race. He's the difference maker.
Yes he will lose the 2008 relay gold if nesta carters "b" sample confirms the doping drug. Then bolt will only have 8 golds
Edit: actually it looks like it's confirmed through rumors but they haven't decided punishment yet. Jamaica has been notified someone tested positive from 2008
Don't they have a decent presence in Tennis and Badminton?
Well until recently it was relatively poor. It is also a democracy with many distinct ethnic communities and states as diverse as Europe. So they cannot run a government program like the authoritarian Chinese that essentially take prodigies as children and make them train their whole lives in diving or gymnastics or other things, only seeing family on holidays. They are prone to corruption, favoritism etc. Sports are woefully underfunded. They do not have sponsorships and corporate funding. There is no Nike building college gyms, no Speedo building olympic pools or providing equipment. Often times, you have seen the Indian diaspora in Canada, UK or USA help fund Indian athletes or committees.
India's gymnast Deepa who is only the 5th gymnast to ever land a Produnova vault in competition and came 4th this year in the vault finals essentially trained with ramshackle equipment and cardboard and fought accusations of sleeping with her coach because no young woman should spend that much time with a man. Sports are seen as an afterthought to school or higher education. Who wants to see their kid be a poor kayaker or bmx bike rider when they can be a rich doctor or computer programmer etc.
India's only medalists are usually the rich elites who can afford decent training and international coaches, or are prodigies who if born elsewhere would have been successful.
Another example, India used to be the dominant force in field hockey when it was played on grass. Multiple gold medals. And then they switched to astro turf where everyone in Europe and the US and west can train, but very hard for any Indians to find astro turf to train and so they all of a sudden went from dominant to also-rans.
Hasphat'sAnts
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These Missy Franklin sightings in Visa ads are super sad now
He's been banned multiple times, you don't get 8 year bans for minor infringements, he's unrepentant and he generally seems a bit cuntish. No other sprinter is (known to be) on the same level, nothing arbitary about it.
ANOTHER ONE
Tallshortman
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Same level as what? Doping? Also, he was banned for 4 years.
Just to be clear. He had a four year ban.
Daley? Yeah. He came out in 2013.
Speaking of which, one of the interesting side-effects of progress was highlighted today: For the first time in ages, a married couple earned a medal together - Helen and Kate Richardson-Walsh in our hockey team. That's something that couldn't have happened until fairly recently, previously it would have only been possible in mixed team events, which there aren't that many of. (the previous example was a husband and wife sailing team in the early days of the modern Olympics)
Very exciting for 2020. Japan showing they will challenge the US in the medal counts the way they sent athletes to Rio and the money they are spending on athletics now, just like China did.
Oh fuck. So Bolt is only going to have 8 golds after all? That's a downer to end his Olympic career on.
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