2022 Olympics are a joke

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I saw on the news today that a US athlete wasn't allowed to compete until testing negative 4 times. Had to fly across 3 continents and the Atlantic to get to China, as well. No scientific basis for that requirement. These Olympics are a complete joke, and I won't be watching...

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/04/1078209211/beijing-2022-team-covid-positive-athletes

 

[+ WilliamM]

Watch for the gay athletes, please.

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https://www.aol.com/news/american-julia-marino-withdraws-big-120007999.html

Now a snowboarder had to withdraw because she had a Prada logo on the bottom of her board, and Prada hadn't paid $$$ to the IOC for the privilege:

“[C]overing the logo is not a feasible option,” Nakamura wrote. “The logo is molded to the board and altering it would cause drag and interrupt the surface intended to glide … [W]e ask the IOC to reconsider its position and allow Julia Marino to use the board used during the Snowboard Slopestyle competition.” The appeal was denied.

[+ WilliamM]

20 hours ago, Unicorn said:

https://www.aol.com/news/american-julia-marino-withdraws-big-120007999.html

Now a snowboarder had to withdraw because she had a Prada logo on the bottom of her board, and Prada hadn't paid $$$ to the IOC for the privilege:

“[C]overing the logo is not a feasible option,” Nakamura wrote. “The logo is molded to the board and altering it would cause drag and interrupt the surface intended to glide … [W]e ask the IOC to reconsider its position and allow Julia Marino to use the board used during the Snowboard Slopestyle competition.” The appeal was denied.

She knew the rules, I hope.

Again, watch the Olympics for gays like Gus Kenworthy.

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

I haven't seen the preliminaries, but am excited to hear that Gus Kenworthy qualified for the finals, albeit in the last spot.  It would be exciting for him to get another medal tomorrow.