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Bugger
"Russia and China were among nine countries suspended from weightlifting for a year on Saturday in an attempt to combat an epidemic of doping.
The sport has been under pressure to clean up or face being dropped from the Olympics.
The decision by the International Weightlifting Federation followed the re-testing of anti-doping samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Countries with at least three doping offences from those Olympics were suspended. The IWF started pursuing the suspensions before last year's Olympics, but the process was held up by legal challenges.
Also suspended were Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Turkey, and Ukraine...".
I read, in one division they had to go down to 9th place to award the bronze medal.
I understand that doping doesn't help if one did not have the innitial ability in the first place. So perhaps those atheletes that did get caught doping would have finished in similar spots had they not been doping.
"Russia and China were among nine countries suspended from weightlifting for a year on Saturday in an attempt to combat an epidemic of doping.
The sport has been under pressure to clean up or face being dropped from the Olympics.
The decision by the International Weightlifting Federation followed the re-testing of anti-doping samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Countries with at least three doping offences from those Olympics were suspended. The IWF started pursuing the suspensions before last year's Olympics, but the process was held up by legal challenges.
Also suspended were Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Turkey, and Ukraine...".
I read, in one division they had to go down to 9th place to award the bronze medal.
I understand that doping doesn't help if one did not have the innitial ability in the first place. So perhaps those atheletes that did get caught doping would have finished in similar spots had they not been doping.
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vesicles
Colonel
Awesome! Congrats to the Astros! First World Series championship in Houston!
That was some game! They went past midnight in Sunday's game...
Did you go to the parade on Friday? I wanted to go but got caught up at work...
Equation
Lieutenant General
No I didn't I was in the office trying to catch up on work as well. I'm just happy to see the Astros won the World Series!
No I didn't I was in the office trying to catch up on work as well. I'm just happy to see the Astros won the World Series!
"World Series"..... How many countries competed?
vesicles
Colonel
Only one country. It's the final game between the champions of two baseball leagues, the National league and the American League.
Equation
Lieutenant General
Lots of foreign players played in the MLB and many had become successful at it too. So it can be called "World" Series.
broadsword
Brigadier
Lots of foreign players played in the MLB and many had become successful at it too. So it can be called "World" Series.
I like your devilish grin.