Sorry, I know you are a “she” but I was referring to Cooke that you quoted, though some of my post also referred to your response and I should have changed at that point. Personally, I don’t specify my pronouns anywhere but I do have “Mr.” in front of my name in my work email signature and have for about 20 years because I have a ‘female’ (sure let’s call it unisex) name.
I did learn this Olympics that Hong Kong competes (semi-)independently from China. And that for gold medals won by Chinese Taipei (ROC) they do not play the ROC’s National Anthem.
Yep. There is definitely NOT a 1-1 correlation between delegations and nations.
North and South Korea have competed together as one unified delegation before and one year only the women’s hockey team competed jointly but not anyone else IIRC. This one definitely varies by year.
There is no United Kingdom at the Olympics. England, Scotland and Wales compete together as Great Britain and then the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland compete together as Ireland, reflecting cultural and geographic ties rather than political ones.
Guam and Puerto Rico compete as distinct entities from the United States.
Chinese Taipei / Taiwan competes separately.
And who can forget the Unified Team in 1992? That was 12 of the former Soviet states (all except Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).
My understanding is that they CAN do that per IOC rules… the problem wasn’t that they invaded Ukraine. The problem was that they invaded Ukraine less than 7 days after the 2022 Winter Olympics ended. (It was 4 days after.)
That is a no-no. I think if they had waited 3 more days the IOC would have been ok with it because then they would be showing the proper level of deference to the IOC.
At least that’s my interpretation of Mike Tirico’s explanation. I haven’t dug any deeper into this, so it’s possible that I am understanding incorrectly.
IOC said they violated 28.5 and 30.1 of the Olympic charter which says:
28.5: The area of jurisdiction of an NOC must coincide with the limits of the country in
which it is established and has its headquarters.
30.1: In the Olympic Charter, the expression “country” means an independent State
recognised by the international community.
Probably some leeway in what the IOC considers “international community” but I don’t think invading allows you to immediately recognize territory via the IOC.
A young lady in my daughter’s HS graduating class won Olympic gold in Paris. I don’t thing they knew each other, at least they didn’t hang in the same circles though she may have known her, I’ll have to ask.
Apparently she only went to the HS her freshman year then did a lot of independent study so she wrestle more.
This Raygun thing went from lightheartedly laughing at a bad dancer who somehow finagled a free trip to the Olympics to a cheater who rigged the system to beat out real competitors
Reminds me of another recent controversy in Australia. “Artistic” doesn’t mean it’s good art. In this case though, Olympians came out against the “artistic” painting as Gina Rinehart is a big patron of Australian swimming -
There is no United Kingdom at the Olympics. England, Scotland and Wales compete together as Great Britain and then the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland compete together as Ireland, reflecting cultural and geographic ties rather than political ones.
FAQs | Team GB
“Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team.”
Olympic Games Participation (Hansard, 21 October 2004) (parliament.uk)
“The longstanding practice relating to athletes in Northern Ireland who qualify for participation at the Olympic Games is that an athlete born in Northern Ireland who qualifies for participation at the Olympic Games and who holds a UK passport, may opt for selection by either Team GB or Ireland.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) and the Olympic Council for Ireland (OCI) have recently confirmed this agreement.”
Huh… I did not know that athletes from Northern Ireland were allowed to compete on Team GB, which noticeably does not acknowledge their existence in the team name.
I had heard vignettes on both Daniel Wiffen (swimming) and Rhys McClenahan (gymnastics) … both from Northern Ireland, both competing for Ireland.
Looking at this list it seems like most athletes do compete with Ireland. 41 total: 7 for GB and 34 for Ireland
This is funny to me. This guy Duplantis is the best pole vaulter ever. He also has some sponsorship deals, and one or more of his deals gives him a cash bonus for breaking the world record. So he will only attempt a WR that is only 1cm higher than the current WR, so he can keep breaking them at different, successive sporting events. He will never go for broke to see how high can he reach. In any case, he set a WR in Paris, and has since set another, thus putting the last 10 pole vault World Records in his name.
Armand Duplantis breaks his own world record in pole vault
jacob ingerbretsen breaks the 3K record. 7:17 and some decimals. apparently ran the last mile in 354. but that’s more or less the steady pace required for the 7.5 laps on a track. 58.5 per 400m lap (actually a touch faster). bonkers
It certainly is bonkers considering how big a deal breaking the 4 minute mile barrier was just 70 years ago. Even running one 1/4 mile in 60 seconds requires being in great shape. These athletes are incredible.
