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Russian athletes could miss Olympics after IAAF upholds ban: Report
Yahoo ^ | June 17, 2016 | Staff

Posted on 06/17/2016 9:02:19 AM PDT by C19fan

The International Association of Athletics Federations chose Friday to uphold its decision to ban Russian track and field athletes from international competition because of doping, according to multiple British media reports. The IAAF Council met in Vienna to vote on the association’s November ruling that suspended all Russian track and field athletes indefinitely. A news conference is expected to be held later on Friday.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: doping; olympics; russia
Russia the SEC of Olympic sports. What is Russian for "If you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin'"?
1 posted on 06/17/2016 9:02:19 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

The Russian athletes might be happy about this...They won’t have to endure that parasite and bacteria infested site...


2 posted on 06/17/2016 9:11:13 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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Cue the National Lampoon “female” Russian athlete cover.


3 posted on 06/17/2016 9:28:54 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Socialists are just communists in their larval stage.)
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To: C19fan

Would it help if they just self-identified as the opposite sex?


4 posted on 06/17/2016 9:40:53 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Nation States seem to be ending. The follow-on should not be Globalism, but Localism.)
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No Zika for you, Russia.


5 posted on 06/17/2016 9:54:20 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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Hey, just because the Russian women athletes have beards and b*lls, doesn’t mean they’re cheating.

Does it/


6 posted on 06/17/2016 9:59:54 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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