Russia Officially Banned From 2018 Olympics

[StarshipTrooper]

Quebecer born and raised brap brap! Though I hate poutine...

Blasphemy! :hahahaha9:

[Legendary Hater]

And to think...after allll those years of rampant PED use, they still couldn't even come close to taking our spot...they are truly a lacking Boxing nation.

Well deserved ban...long overdue...

#TeamUSA #PROBoxing #1

[New England]

They are all cheaters in the olympics lol. Anyone remember the leaks that exposed athletes like serena williams and that one other simone biles chick for getting secret TUES for PEDS?

They are all juiced to the gills russia just got exposed.

there's a big difference between the state cheating and the athletes cheating. russia has always had a very strong, state sponsored amateur and professional athletics system. stems from the days when they were commies and couldn't compete professionally. that same state systematically distributed PEDS and covered them up on a massive scale. most of their athletes were doping from all accounts.

this is not comparable to a few premium athletes from other countries doping independently. surely you get that, right? and why the state was punished as a whole entity?

[New England]

... "But Russian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in South Korea under a neutral flag."

only relaly works for indivdual sports, and we'll see how that program manifests.

[Vlad_]

Oh guys just stop it with this moving up in weight rhetoric. Rigo had a chance to fight Loma at 126, he refused...
He still kept calling Loma out, so too bad so sad, it's 130 now. Rigo is a bit shorter in height but with a longer reach. And their every day walking weights must be very close. In the end it was Rigo who kept calling Loma out, so it is what it is.