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TheNextBattalion t1_je5qtnd wrote

IOC: "Everyone's miserable? Our work here is done."

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Porkchopp33 t1_je7i4wf wrote

The athletes didn’t choose war but it does hurt Putin of they can not compete 🏋️‍♀️🤸‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏅🏅🏅

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Open-Election-3806 t1_je7l6yq wrote

The athletes mass cheated in Sochi . Let’s not act like they are innocent angels

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Porkchopp33 t1_je7la76 wrote

I kno some did but did they all? If they did im Good w a ban

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Open-Election-3806 t1_je7lohc wrote

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_in_Russia

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Hodor_The_Great t1_je86511 wrote

So in other words not all, not even majority. Do we believe in collective punishment because of a minority here in the west? Thought that's supposed to be what Russians do not us

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Open-Election-3806 t1_je9gufh wrote

43 were caught, (these are just confirmed cheaters with one specific government sponsor cheating program) out of 232. And yes I’ve seen NCAA teams lose eligibility for violations of the few.

Russia is also violating the spirit of the Olympic with its unprovoked invasion of a neighboring country. Russia is also committing war crimes by constantly attacking civilians electricity depriving them of heat and water. Any Russian medals will be used as propaganda for their enslaved populace during wartime, There is a bigger picture picture involved.

Anyway. Since this article posted Russian allow to compete under neutral flag

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Hodor_The_Great t1_jealus7 wrote

When a huge amount got caught the rest had to go through strict checks... Says so in your own link pal. Minority got caught either cheating or were implicated via fabricated tests. Many refused to comply with the stricter requirements, some boycotted because of the rules being perceived as unfair, every single Russian athlete that has been competing since the scandal under neutral flag has complied with stricter requirements. So... Maybe read your own links and don't just cherrypick a number randomly. Your quoted numbers are why they already got punished, guilty ones got banned, rest were subjected to harsher rules, because of systematic problem instead of just athletes own initiative Russian flag got dropped. We already had crime, investigation, and punishment...

As for invasions and warcrimes those cannot be reason to ban Russia or even their flag when US and Turkey and Saudis get away with the same behaviour. Why should Olympics hold Ukrainian civilians being slaughtered to any higher regard than Iraqi or Yemeni civilians?

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