So, Russia is banned from the Olympics, but they are still competing? How does this work? I haven't seen anything like this in any Olympics (not that I remember anyways). That's so strange how they would still be able to participate if they're banned... I got confused when listening and reading comments on this...
It is weird: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/olympics/what-is-roc-why-russia-is-banned-from-the-olympics-but-some-athletes-can-still-compete-at-tokyo-2020/ar-AAMonn5
It’s the we’re going to pretend to have hardline standards against systemic cheating at a national level, but we don’t want to devalue the streaming licensing revenue technique…
It's pretty tough to argue with that considering that the "Wink wink, it's totally not Russia!" team is third in the medal count.
It doesn't make sense that they're allowed to have a gymnastics team. I can understand allowing athletes to compete independently. Since gymnastics is not really a team sport, they're allowing athletes to represent Russia collectively.
To be honest I don't think Russia being absent is the most controversial issue here. I think it's Laurel Hubbard's presence that has people talking more.
That's because they're not absent. LOL I guess it depends on where you're at. In parts of the U.S., they're still talking about Sha'Carri Richardson receiving a one-month ban for consuming an edible.
Sadly, they had no choice. If they didn’t crack down hard on her, what would happen next? Could lead to a nationally organized campaign of performance enhancing drugs and a government coverup of secret raids and sabotage of the incorruptible testing labs! Her actions threatened the sanctity of the games!!