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    Rio 2016: Vladimir Putin says Olympics 'less of a spectacle' without Russians

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36902917

    Russian President Vladimir Putin says medals won at Rio 2016 will be devalued by the banning of Russian competitors.

    There have been 108 Russians banned from next month's Olympics so far, including 67 out of 68 from the athletics team.

    Putin said there was a "deliberate campaign targeting our athletes".

    "The other sportsmen understand that the quality of their medals will be different," he told the Russian Olympic team at the Kremlin in Moscow.

    Putin, who said the Games would be "less of a spectacle" as a result of the bans, said the "campaign" he alleged "was characterised by so-called double standards and opted for the idea of collective responsibility, which is not compatible with sport, justice in general, or the basic norms of law".

    Russia's fencing, volleyball, triathlon and table tennis squads are the latest to have been cleared to compete at the Rio Games, which begin on 5 August.

    Governing bodies are making rulings on whether Russian athletes can take part following the damning World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report into state-sponsored doping in the country.

    Russia had hoped to send 387 athletes to Rio. On Wednesday, the country's Olympic Committee chief Alexander Zhukov told Rossiya-24 that, despite the suspensions, more than 250 are still set to go.
    What planet is he on?

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    In other countries like Canada the population has chosen to believe in hope, peace and tolerance. This we can see from the election of the Honourable Justin Trudeau who stood against the politics of hate and divisiveness.

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    Don't Russia usually get a glut of medals or is that ancient history. Its fair to say if you remove a bunch of 1-3rd palce finishers the people getting bronze or silver are getting a "+1" on their medal if Russia is banned. . . Right?
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    Russia are high scorers in Olympics usually, of course it wont be the same without them there

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    Quote Originally Posted by AeneasBK View Post
    Don't Russia usually get a glut of medals or is that ancient history. Its fair to say if you remove a bunch of 1-3rd palce finishers the people getting bronze or silver are getting a "+1" on their medal if Russia is banned. . . Right?
    But when the majority of those golds were dopers, you enter the grey area.

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    Quote Originally Posted by peggleftw View Post
    Russia are high scorers in Olympics usually, of course it wont be the same without them there
    Just because they're not there doesn't mean high scores won't occur

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    Quote Originally Posted by adam86shadow View Post
    Just because they're not there doesn't mean high scores won't occur
    No but it certainly dumbs down the competition a bit.

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    I don't think they're missed quite as much in the summer Olympics. Winter, they're definitely noticed.

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    They're the only reason why I watched anything Olympics really.
    I skipped the past ones, because London, ugh.

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    Have Putin commented the Russian dopers? Like the atlets who dope is a shame for Russian? or its only its a conspiracy (no dopers in Russia)

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    Quote Originally Posted by a77 View Post
    Have Putin commented the Russian dopers? Like the atlets who dope is a shame for Russian? or its only its a conspiracy (no dopers in Russia)
    Russians don't cheat, just ask ulmita
    Jokes aside, they dissed the one that went independent.

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    A pair of notorious Russian phone pranksters known as Vovan and Lexus managed to trick high-ranking World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) officials into revealing the truth behind the doping scandal that threatens the professional integrity and reputation of Russian athletes.

    After pranking celebrities and top-ranking politicians, including Sir Elton John, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the two Russian pranksters set their sights on those involved in the current doping scandal.
    The entire prank was in fact conducted on May 28 during a prank show at the Russian TV channel NTV, but for ethical reasons and in order to avoid influencing the doping scandal investigation, NTV's administration chose to postpone airing this particular program.

    First, one of the prankers, Vladimir Kuznetsov (Vovan), called the head of WADA Craig Reedie and, posing as Ukrainian Minister of Sports Ihor Zhdanov, inquired whether the ongoing investigation might allow for the revision of the results of the Sochi Winter Olympics.

    Reedie replied that so far he didn’t see any proof of Russia's alleged wrongdoings, and also let slip that almost all media accusations regarding the violations at the Sochi lab originated from the US – namely, The New York Times.

    Next, Alexei Stolyarov (Lexus) called the head of the USADA Travis Tygart and, again pretending to be Zhdanov, asked him to revise the results of the biathlon competitions that took place during the Sochi Olympics, where the Ukrainian athletes fared worse than their Russian counterparts.

    Tygart promised to do all he can and said that he hopes that the medals redistribution takes place before the Olympic Games in Rio.

    When 'Zhdanov' inquired whether the Russian national team should take part in the Rio Olympics at all, the USADA chief replied that if he was the one calling the shots, Russia's athletes would’ve been banned from all competitions for 12 months.

    Finally, Lexus called Ihor Zhdanov himself and, this time masquerading as WADA chief Reedie, offered to make the Ukrainian anti-doping lab the primary facility of its kind for Eastern Europe and make it responsible for handling doping samples from other countries in the region, including Russia.

    The Ukrainian minister was delighted by this offer and soon shared the details of his conversation with the viewers of Ukrainian television. However, after he learned that it was in fact a prank call, he hurriedly announced that it was a provocation masterminded by Russian secret services.

    Both prankers however have refuted allegations that they had help from any security agencies, Russian or otherwise, when performing these prank calls.

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    I want to see the mutant steroid olympics

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    I'm pretty sure the Rio Olympics are going to be a spectacular train wreck with or without Russia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by adam86shadow View Post
    Why were the russians suspended? Was it a real cause? Or is this all politics?

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    Quote Originally Posted by adam86shadow View Post


    What planet is he on?
    hes right tho. games without russia US or china are lesser.

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    I say ban the lot of them, the filthy cheating scumbags!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BuckSparkles View Post
    Why were the russians suspended? Was it a real cause? Or is this all politics?
    Because their filthy cheaters, as usual.



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    i'm still surprised they actually hosted the olympics in Rio, why not a nicer place like North Korea?

    anyway its going to be less interesting without the russians winning golds all the time.

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    he isnt wrong, russia is generally very competitive in many events
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    Quote Originally Posted by AeneasBK View Post
    Don't Russia usually get a glut of medals or is that ancient history.
    Let's hope Krustyburger aren't running an Olympic promotion XD

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