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In A Fake Snowball Fight
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Hockey without Russia??? I lost my interest in this OG.
Frankly I think the Olympics without ice hockey would be an improvement.
Hockey without Russia??? I lost my interest in this OG.
Frankly I think the Olympics without ice hockey would be an improvement.
Thanks @Maofan7, that is kind of you to say. @Sylvia has done most of the heavy lifting for the video threads.@Bunny Hop - many thanks for keeping the video threads going, and many thanks to those others who have contributed as well. Great job
If any of them have Sjögren's syndrome, then by all means, take prescribed drugs to treat it. Autoimmune diseases can be quite serious. Please don't make assumptions about what I think. FYI, Evgenia is my favourite ladies skater along with Kaetlyn O, I really like all the Russian junior ladies, Dmitri Aliev, several of the junior dance teams, etc.of course..you imagine she is Russian..You will have totally another opinion..
I feel so bad for the skaters!
So why not force Russia to give them a billion dollars rather than create more damaged people?Sure I do pity them as well but I feel much worse for those deprived of their glory in Sochi & earlier on by Russian cheaters. The sheer number of that & the harm is much greater.
I'd leave that to N.KoreaLets nuke them, bloody criminals. All of them.
Because a country that cheats in an organized manner like Russia did doesn't deserve Olympic glory. Russian athletes who play by the rules deserve a shot at achieving Olympic success - and what's nice about this decision is that they can still get this shot.So why not force Russia to give them a billion dollars rather than create more damaged people?
They aren’t Russian. They are neutral.Because a country that cheats in an organized manner like Russia did doesn't deserve Olympic glory. Russian athletes who play by the rules deserve a shot at achieving Olympic success - and what's nice about this decision is that they can still get this shot.
They'll be Olympians.They aren’t Russian. They are neutral.
Can you please be humiliated, ashamed and die away from your keyboard please ? Organizing systemic doping was not exactly honorable and it surely doesn't deserve to wave flags of pride and sing the national anthem to celebrate it. It's totally unfair for clean athletes, OK. But if the country gets the red letter of shame, it's because it deserves it. Get over it and survive or die in silence pleaseThis is like vengeance! It’s like the death penalty.
You are the only one ripping them off their citisenship. Between having a flag with "dope" written all over it, and a neutral one, many athletes will choose (if they are allowed to) the second solution and they will be right. They don't care about politics, they care about their sport.They aren’t Russian. They are neutral.
Which part of Olympic Athlete from Russia confuses you?They aren’t Russian. They are neutral.
The Russians will use her to say "...see what you've done, big/bad IOC, denying the gifted innocents their just rewards". She's a poster child for this.
Still does.I wonder what the commercial value of an OGM is for a Russian skater. It is as lucrative to get an OGM for a Russian as an American, given that it is not like back in the Soviet days when an OGM meant a package of pension, nice apartment, etc. from the state.
That might work nicely in Russia. Everyone else will realize that it's not the IOC keeping the Russian athletes out of the games.Med may be sacrificed. I saw a quote already, allegedly from her, saying she can't imagine competing if she can't skate under the Russian flag. The Russians will use her to say "...see what you've done, big/bad IOC, denying the gifted innocents their just rewards". She's a poster child for this.
For some. But not for everyone even there. Mixed reactions in the comments underneath the articles I have been readingThat might work nicely in Russia.
Still does.
For Sochi gold medals they all got a fancy car (don't remember which one it was, however, most of them sold it - too expensive to care and some (Lipnitskaya, Sotnikova) were underage to drive it anyway); AFAIK they do get a pension for the rest of their lives (am not sure it's much, but it's a something) and am quite sure there are other cookies they get
All of this, plus being more marketable for shows, coaching, etc. They probably make more money than a US lady would for winning, because skating in the US has lost popularity...
Frankly I think the Olympics without ice hockey would be an improvement.
Do not say that in Finland, which today celebrates its' 100 birthday and adores their male ice hockey players as war heroes.Frankly I think the Olympics without ice hockey would be an improvement.
I wonder what the commercial value of an OGM is for a Russian skater. It is as lucrative to get an OGM for a Russian as an American, given that it is not like back in the Soviet days when an OGM meant a package of pension, nice apartment, etc. from the state.
I know we were talking about these informations a lot but this is so irritating! I don't care about the excuses " they use it becaise of their illness.
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