2020, uh, 21, uh, who knows Tokyo Olympics thread

I think it just varies sport by sport, according to the governing body. It's why Sevens has matches for 7-8 place, because that's how the IRB events run.

 

IIRC, if you lose to one of the eventual finalists, you get a chance to go for bronze?

 

1. This is not new. It's been going on for decades.

2. Talent is not the issue with the U.S. men's team. It was loaded with world champions and world best performers.

 

Regardless of hearing or watching and having Da Man come in to police the board, I am damn tired of broadcasters and columnists linking the Olympics to World War II. This is sports. The war ended 76 years ago. The broadcasters and columnists most likely were NOT involved. Just stop. Hiroshima has no connection to what's happening at the venues in and around Tokyo at this time.

 

I can't tell you how much that kind of stuff bothers me.

Take pole vault gold medalist Mondo Duplantis. Born and raised in Lafayette, La. Lives in the U.S. Competes for Sweden.

Or now-retired Felix Sanchez, a two-time Olympic gold medalst and two-time world champion in the 400 hurdles. Born in New York, raised in San Diego, lived (and still does) in the U.S. Competed for the Dominican Republic.

The worst ever was Stephen Cherono, who still holds the world record in the steeplechase. He was becoming a star for his native Kenya when Qatar paid him $1 million to change not only his citizenship, but his name. He became Saif Saaeed Shaheen and won two world titles for Qatar.

 

I take exception to this. It wasn't me who "corrected" someone for saying they saw Tirico say something. I was coming to the defense of my fellow poster.

 

btw, @da man has corrected me, or clarified something I wrote a couple times on this thread....and he was right.

I'm actually a fan of 'board police'. If i wrote something wrong, correct me.

 

Then that renders the question about universities and lost programs moot.

 

I accept being corrected on mistaken facts. A couple of weeks ago you corrected me for a typo on a two-letter word in which it should have been clearly understood. And you inferred my comment was racist (it wasn't). And that brought JC into the discussion, which is always a mistake. This was done by a person who thinks THE is spelled DA.

 

It's not good (particularly the Qatar one), but depending upon one's affinity to their other country, I can see why someone might want to throw their hat in for a country that will nominate me for the Olympics straight away rather than the US track trials format, where one bad day or hit hurdle can ruin four years of training.

 

I think there's a pretty wide gulf between the cases of "my parent is a naturally born citizen of Country Y, and we still have extensive family there" vs. "I was paid or did pay to switch my citizenship." Much like the NCAA and FIFA, my impression of the IOC is that they don't really give a shit about much as long as the checks clear, and they're not going to investigate or make rules unless it effects cash flow.