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p0isonparadise on 05 December 2017
VGPolyglot said:
TruckOSaurus said:
I never thought they'd go through with it. I support the decision but I do feel for the legitimate Russian athletes who got their dreams crushed because their government is corrupt.

Now, let's see what this means for olympic hockey since now it's almost certain the KHL will prevent their players from going.

They can still go as individual athletes, that just can't represent Russia.

I'll add that to the OP, that slipped past me for some reason.



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Flilix on 05 December 2017

Putin won't be happy.



KLAMarine on 05 December 2017
McDonaldsGuy said:
KLAMarine said:

I think individual Russian athletes can still compete but they must do so under a neutral flag.

Oh that's great then. Can they still win gold medals and stuff?

As long as they're not doping, why not?

 

Shame on the Russian government. Shady stuff going on over there.



TruckOSaurus on 05 December 2017
KLAMarine said:
TruckOSaurus said:
I never thought they'd go through with it. I support the decision but I do feel for the legitimate Russian athletes who got their dreams crushed because their government is corrupt.

Now, let's see what this means for olympic hockey since now it's almost certain the KHL will prevent their players from going.

I think individual Russian athletes can still compete but they must do so under a neutral flag.

That's good news at least.



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Zkuq on 05 December 2017

Good. I was expecting to be disappointed because these things don't seem to get taken seriously enough.

XD84 said:
Generally it is a good thing that the IOC are striving to do something against doping. I just feel that there are other nations that obviously have organized doping (e.g. Jamaican sprinters, Kenyan long-distance runners). Consequently they would need to punish them too and ban them in 2020 at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. I doubt that this will happen.

There needs to be evidence. I doubt there's much evidence on a similar scale in other cases.



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COKTOE on 05 December 2017
VGPolyglot said:
Wow, so without the NHL or Russian players, ice hockey is going to be boring.

It will take a big hit, but will still be a solid tournament.



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derpysquirtle64 on 05 December 2017
VGPolyglot said:
TruckOSaurus said:
I never thought they'd go through with it. I support the decision but I do feel for the legitimate Russian athletes who got their dreams crushed because their government is corrupt.

Now, let's see what this means for olympic hockey since now it's almost certain the KHL will prevent their players from going.

They can still go as individual athletes, that just can't represent Russia.

Basically they can't. I'm 100% sure that no one will go there. Because Russian government will definitely boycott the 2018 olympics after this.



 

VGPolyglot on 05 December 2017
derpysquirtle64 said:
VGPolyglot said:

They can still go as individual athletes, that just can't represent Russia.

Basically they can't. I'm 100% sure that no one will go there. Because Russian government will definitely boycott the 2018 olympics after this.

But can't the individual athletes still compete? Especially if they don't live in Russia.



Errorist76 on 05 December 2017

And on that bomb shell.....

Great they have the balls and I also hope they keep continuing the fight. It still happens everywhere.

And be assured, just because you think your country is free of charges doesn't mean they're not doing it.



wings on 06 December 2017

Their Hockey team should be allowed.

F everyone else.