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Old 02-14-2022, 11:00 AM   #110
sterlingice
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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA View Post
Having read the latest decision(s) about dealing with the women's figure skating medal(s), the phrase "Hold our beer" comes to mind.

What a clusterfuck.

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight View Post
It was so clusterfucked that I couldn't really even follow it.

The IOC seems so corrupt and incompetent that it is hard to tell which decisions result from corruption and which decisions result from incompetence. As the old saying goes, they are hard to tell apart from the outside.

Dear Lord, yes and yes.

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Originally Posted by bhlloy View Post
Unless I’m not reading the full decision it seems like damned if they do and damned if they don’t no? Having a ceremony to give a gold to somebody who everyone knows is likely to have it stripped seems just as counterintuitive.

Except, it sounds like they won't take it away because she's a minor so banned substances are protected... or something? Russia: "Very strange. All athletes who qualify this year are 15. Good luck for us."

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