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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 11:01 AM Jul 2016

Once again, Putin lines the IOC's pockets

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic leaders stopped short Sunday of imposing a complete ban on Russia from the Rio de Janeiro Games, assigning individual global sports federations the responsibility to decide which athletes should be cleared to compete.

The decision, announced after a three-hour meeting via teleconference of the International Olympic Committee's executive board, came just 12 days before the Aug. 5 opening of the games.

"We had to balance the collective responsibility and the individual justice to which every human being and athlete is entitled to," IOC President Thomas Bach said.

The IOC rejected calls from the World Anti-Doping Agency and dozens of other anti-doping bodies to exclude the entire Russian Olympic team following allegations of state-sponsored cheating.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ioc-leaders-meet-consider-olympic-103918087.html

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Once again, Putin lines the IOC's pockets (Original Post) joeybee12 Jul 2016 OP
Apparently he is lining tRump's pockets, also. Wonder how much doping madinmaryland Jul 2016 #1
Greetings from Oregon joeybee12 Jul 2016 #2
You and trumad. madinmaryland Jul 2016 #3
You and cboy4...nt joeybee12 Jul 2016 #4

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
1. Apparently he is lining tRump's pockets, also. Wonder how much doping
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 05:31 PM
Jul 2016

tRump has done. He does say a lot of dopey shit!!

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