Gold Coast Comm Games
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Update:
India team doctor reprimanded for ‘no needles’ policy breach
GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — An Indian team doctor has been reprimanded for breaching the “No Needle” policy at the Commonwealth Games, ending an investigation that began when syringes were found in the athletes village. The Commonwealth Games Federation’s court on Tuesday ruled that a “strong written reprimand” was adequate for Dr. Amol Patil, who admitted giving a Vitamin B injection to a boxer without advance notice to games organizers. Syringes were discovered at the athletes village, triggering speculation about a pre-games doping case. But organizers had earlier said it wasn’t an anti-doping violation. For the games, medical practitioners or athletes with a condition requiring auto-injecting such as diabetes need prior approval to take needles into the village. “While the doctor did not file an Injection Declaration Form as required by the No Needle Policy, following the investigation into the discovery of the needles, and after due enquiry, he complied with the direction of the commission and emailed information which, in the Court’s view, is substantially similar to the information required on the injection declaration form,” the CGF’s court said in a statement. The court said Patil left the needles in a room at the village — contravening guidelines that mandate syringes are stored in a restricted secured location — while he went to the medical clinic to get an authorized waste bin to dispose of them. Patil provided information to the medical commission before noon the day after the needles were discovered, meaning he avoided any sanctions for a separate breach of the regulations. -
Is anybody else watching the opening ceremony? Bit slow... get on with the sports already!
I just want to see us march round the stadium.... -
@shadowtrooper said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
Is anybody else watching the opening ceremony? Bit slow... get on with the sports already!
I just want to see us march round the stadium....Ha, funny, I just saw this post and turned my head sideways at work to notice it was on one of the TVs.
Man, that looks cringeworty. Almost as bad as that giant kangaroo years ago at the Brisbane games. -
Things have started to get better with the introduction of Ricki-Lee....
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For chrissake introduction by continent!
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There is one bonus - at least we don't have to suffer godawful INXS music for the athletes entry into the stadium
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@crucial said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
Do only white people go to the beach in Australia?
It's horrible isn't it? Don't think I saw any dwarves or handicapped people either.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@crucial said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
Do only white people go to the beach in Australia?
It's horrible isn't it? Don't think I saw any dwarves or handicapped people either.
It is difficult for wheelchairs in the sand though, so that's excusable.
It was difficult to spot anyone of non-specific gender though and that should have been an easy one with the togs on. -
I never understood why some countries are in national dress, whilst others wear tracksuits
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@shadowtrooper said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
I never understood why some countries are in national dress, whilst others wear tracksuits
Tracksuits ARE the national dress of some countries.
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Nice. You can't beat the black and white.
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The Welsh team must have thought the Games were in Magaluf.
Shocking.
My mate's kid Joel Makin playing tomorrow in the squash.
Can't wait.
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http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/1501236/stream_img.jpg@mikethesnow said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
The Welsh team must have thought the Games were in Magaluf.
Shocking.
Had to go and look that up. Fuck, what a disaster.
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@crucial said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/1501236/stream_img.jpg@mikethesnow said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
The Welsh team must have thought the Games were in Magaluf.
Shocking.
Had to go and look that up. Fuck, what a disaster.
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There's some poor decision making right there.
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@crucial said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/1501236/stream_img.jpg@mikethesnow said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
The Welsh team must have thought the Games were in Magaluf.
Shocking.
Had to go and look that up. Fuck, what a disaster.
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That is surely fake news. There is no way there are athletes there. It's just old fat dudes in shit shirts. Looks like a fucking package tour cruise.
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@kiwimurph said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
In fairness that does look like Gold Coast formal wear.
no. This is GC formal wear
