2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo)
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@stargazer except the cheating was done at government level, using KGB (whatever they're called now) to swap samples on break in, etc. We only know there ones we caught, it was totally endemic, maybe if you compete for Russia but have lived, competed, and tested overseas for ages, maybe. Otherwise, Russia want took enhance their country by cheating, their country should pay the cost.
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@mariner4life Yeah, but I think they should just enforce a more strict testing regime, to catch those who have actually cheated.
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@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@mariner4life Yeah, but I think they should just enforce a more strict testing regime.
lol how cute
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@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@mariner4life Yeah, but I think they should just enforce a more strict testing regime.
Lol, didn't stop the KGB breaking into independent testing labs!
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@machpants At the Olympics?
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@mariner4life said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@taniwharugby 12 months i reckon. 12 months of training and playing and they would be fuuuuuucking hard to stop. Those guys are genetic freaks.
Receivers, running backs, linebackers and safeties.
WADA testing...
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@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@machpants At the Olympics?
No point testing them now, you can easily built up and be clean as by the Olympics that's why testing is all year around and random
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@booboo said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@mariner4life said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@taniwharugby 12 months i reckon. 12 months of training and playing and they would be fuuuuuucking hard to stop. Those guys are genetic freaks.
Receivers, running backs, linebackers and safeties.
WADA testing...
As in "WADA you gonna do about it, comrade?"
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@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@machpants At the Olympics?
the crooked shysters at the IOC are even more lax than most FFS!
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@nta said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Which team likely missed out because Russia is in the women's draw?
Already 24 individuals/teams have missed out on medals. I reckon many of those would have been doping, even if not that recently
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@machpants said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@nta said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Which team likely missed out because Russia is in the women's draw?
Already 24 individuals/teams have missed out on medals. I reckon many of those would have been doping, even if not that recently
Was speaking rugby specifically, but yeah point taken.
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@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@machpants Oi, can you delay your comments, by 10 seconds at least, please?
Sorry, forgot
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@mariner4life said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@junior said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@dogmeat said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Heard Dallas Seymour on radio this morning. He says that we play too little sevens in NZ. That players can't transition from 15-7's and so we need a domestic comp to uncover new talent.
He hinted that this is why we see the same faces consistently - compounded by COVID I guess.
Would like to see a domestic sevens series played early in the footy season to both unearth talent and give players more opportunities to learn and develop their skills. Compared it to Fiji where 7's is the main game and players are into it constantly from a very early age.
Also said that our team did well and could have won but for poor decision making under pressure and defensive lapses.
We used to have a system where lots of guys cut their teeth and learnt how to be professionals in 7s before then becoming top 15s players - think of Cullen, Loki, Osborne, Mils, Rodney, Rico Gear, Rokocoko etc
to make you feel old, that was 20-25 years ago. Things have changed just a little bit.
But I swear I posted about that on the Fern just yesterday…
And just to be clear @junior surely you haven’t put Loki (as in Crichton) in there with some top class AB XV players, on purpose 😀
