Russian figure skater tests positive for steroids

[psu00]

If she does win a medal, why can't they just leave her spot on the podium empty. Why rob everyone else of the moment?

I assume they don’t want to then play musical chairs with medals later when she gets officially banned and everyone moves up a spot.

It’s a bad decision to let her compete. Now they’re robbing all skaters that won medals from other nations of having an Olympic medal ceremony (USA, Japan, Canada in the team competition and whoever gets left out in the women's final tomorrow).

Why do they all get punished and denied their moment they’ve worked their whole lives for just to coddle a Russian who took a banned substance and is from a country that’s currently under sanctions for previous state sponsored doping?

 

[cntblvitsbutter]

I assume they don’t want to then play musical chairs with medals later when she gets officially banned and everyone moves up a spot.

It’s a bad decision to let her compete. Now they’re robbing all skaters that won medals from other nations of having an Olympic medal ceremony (USA, Japan, Canada in the team competition and whoever gets left out in the women's final tomorrow).

Why do they all get punished and denied their moment they’ve worked their whole lives for just to coddle a Russian who took a banned substance and is from a country that’s currently under sanctions for previous state sponsored doping?

I just don't see the difference between awarding medals later and exchanging medals later.

 

[psuaxe70]

I just don't see the difference between awarding medals later and exchanging medals later.

No worry about her medal. She finished 4th. Maybe they will give her a ribbon because she is a minor and the loss is so upsetting.

 

[ednit]

No worry about her medal. She finished 4th. Maybe they will give her a ribbon because she is a minor and the loss is so upsetting.

She should get a participation medal.

 

[kgilbert78]

She should get a participation medal.

Actually, they all do.

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[cntblvitsbutter]

Instead of ROC, they should be called IGCOC, Invited Guests of the Corrupt Olympic Committee.

 

[psu00]

The epic meltdown and diva drama last night was unreal- like a SNL skit. The Russian skaters and coaches took the gold for crazy. The Nancy Kerrington/ Tonya Harding drama has now officially dropped to silver medal position.

 

[LafayetteBear]

I may be virtually alone in this sentiment, but I feel sorry for Valieva. So young, and wholly unsupported by the Russian coaches and administrators whom I believe pressured her to ingest whatever drugs she took and then left her out there to twist in the wind as this fiasco unfolded. That spectacle last night was painful to watch.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

I may be virtually alone in this sentiment, but I feel sorry for Valieva. So young, and wholly unsupported by the Russian coaches and administrators whom I believe pressured her to ingest whatever drugs she took and then left her out there to twist in the wind as this fiasco unfolded. That spectacle last night was painful to watch.

I think most feel sorry for her - a 15 year old is not going to be the driving force behind doping. She’s under the thumb of a bunch of dirtbags who should have been thrown out of the Olympics immediately.