03-03-2022, 01:23 PM
Brekkie post_id=71412 time= user_id=976 Wrote:FINA (Swimming - FIBA is basketball) are said to be close to the Russian Government so Perhaps not surprising. They will most likely u turn by May (when the world championships are in Budapest).James2001 post_id=71410 time= user_id=956 Wrote:I never really got the thing of letting Russia compete as the ROC/RPC anyway after the doping scandals. It's just window dressing really, yes they couldn't use their flag or anthem, but they were still competing and winning medals. If they were going to ban them, then it should have been a proper ban.I think the events in Beijing were part of the reason the Figure Skating Union had absolutely no hesitation in banning Russia immediately from their forthcoming World Champs rather than exploring the neutral aspect first. World Athletics had no hesitation either, but FIBA (swimming) are still holding out on neutral participation.
If these games were anywhere other than China and not in the shadow of covid I suspect the opening ceremony would be quite the statement of support for Ukraine so it'll be interesting to see how it plays out.