IOC bans Russia from 2018 Winter Olympics (formerly KHL considering dropping out of Olympics)

[Mightygoose]

There would have to be enough clean individuals to form a competitive team. With the NHL not in and likely the KHL bowing out, I can't see the Russian team involved.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

I think it means they won't have a hockey team since they're not individuals.

But if they let the 20 individuals go they would still be able to form a team (I believe). Probably irrelevant as they'll choose not to go.

Edit^ wizard

 

[mouser]

cannot be, no team sport, only individual athletes are allowed under the Olympic flag

The IOC announcement says team sports will be allowed, but the IOC still has to invite the individual members of the team. Dunno if that just means smaller team sports (e.g. Bobsled) or the larger team sports like Ice Hockey will also be invited.

After discussing and approving the Schmid Report, the IOC EB took the following decision:
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To invite individual Russian athletes under strict conditions (see below) to the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. These invited athletes will participate, be it in individual or team competitions, under the name “Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR)”. They will compete with a uniform bearing this name and under the Olympic Flag. The Olympic Anthem will be played in any ceremony.

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[Tom ServoMST3K]

I'm going to assume that the KHL will now do everything in their power to not allow their players to go to the olympics.

No idea if there is the will to put together a team of Russians not including KHL or NHL rosters.

 

[Fenway]

The IOC announcement says team sports will be allowed, but the IOC still has to invite the individual members of the team. Dunno if that just means smaller team sports (e.g. Bobsled) or the larger team sports like Ice Hockey will also be invited.

I am guessing the IIHF will be told they can invite players born in Russia

 

[Spartachat]

I am assuming they would just make a team named "Hockey Athletes from Russia" and use the Olympic flag. I mean it still not as dumb as lumping leftover countries into one team and calling it "Team Europe".

 

[LadyStanley]

https://sports.yahoo.com/russia-banned-2018-winter-olympics-pyeongchang-183735604.html
Russia banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang

IIHF now waiting on KHL for decision on non-Russian Olympic participation. Dreger and LeBrun tweeting. And Canada, US, etc.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

 

[RossiyaSport]

Sensible people should be pointing out the obvious questions. Like how is this being done on the statements of a criminal on the payroll of the Russophobia industry.

 

[Albatros]

Sensible people should be pointing out the obvious questions. Like how is this being done on the statements of a criminal on the payroll of the Russophobia industry.

 

[Canadiens1958]

From SI:

Russia banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics over state-sponsored doping

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Woah, I haven't been paying attention to this

From an SI article:

"The honorary president of Russia’s Olympic Committee believes the man responsible for exposing the country’s state-sponsored doping program should be executed."

Yeesh.

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Bettman so smart for getting rid of the Olympics

 

[gstommylee]

Woah, I haven't been paying attention to this

From an SI article:

"The honorary president of Russia’s Olympic Committee believes the man responsible for exposing the country’s state-sponsored doping program should be executed."

Yeesh.

Talk about inhumane. They were cheating got caught and now wants to murder someone.

 

[Jussi]

Hockey and curling teams can compete under the Olympic flag.
Russian ice hockey and curling teams eligible to participate at Pyeongchang 2018

 

[TheTotalPackage]

The IOC should follow the World Cup model and cobble a team together under a united banner, individual Russian players included.

 

[sandysan]

NHL just cares about money. This is just a boomerang of an absurd political attack.

its a private hockey league ? Complaining that they only care about money is like complaining that the NHL doesnt do enough to support jazz music.

Plus with all of the money they make, why couldn't they buy their own black mass spec lab with a hole in the wall to ensure that no one in the nhl ever tests postitive ? It seems to work for some.

Wait I stand corrected.

I thin hell jsut froze over, the ioc finally made a decision I can support. Must be a broken clock is right twice a day,

 

[sandysan]

Sensible people should be pointing out the obvious questions. Like how is this being done on the statements of a criminal on the payroll of the Russophobia industry.

and the " black" labs, don't forget the black labs.

 

[Flukeshot]

The IOC should follow the World Cup model and cobble a team together under a united banner, individual Russian players included.

That creates a very odd precedent in team sport. What are the requirements for an Athlete from a non-banned nation to compete under the neutral banner?

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

I hope if Russians go someone designs a sweet uni for them

 

[Flowah]

Sensible people should be pointing out the obvious questions. Like how is this being done on the statements of a criminal on the payroll of the Russophobia industry.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Everyone with two brain cells to rub together sees right through you, comrade.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Talk about inhumane. They were cheating got caught and now wants to murder someone.

I mean, this isn't surprising. It's how the Kremlin and KGB deal with anybody who doesn't serve their interests.

 

[SladeWilson23]

So what would the Russian team be called?

 

[Dirty Old Man]

So what would the Russian team be called?

Olympic Athletes from Russia, the OARs

 

[Fenway]

How IOC's decision could impact Team Canada and Olympic hockey - Sportsnet.ca

Will they go?

Will Ilya Kovalchuk, Pavel Datsyuk and the rest of the Russian hockey team consent to pulling on a sweater featuring the Olympic rings rather than one of their own? Will they even be allowed to?

There was considerable doubt on Tuesday afternoon in the wake of a ruling from the International Olympic Committee that Russian athletes will have to compete as neutrals at the Pyeongchang Games in February. No hockey players were named directly in the reports about that country’s state-sponsored doping program ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, but the IOC felt compelled to impose sanctions across all sports because the violations were deemed so brazen.

"This has caused unprecedented damage to Olympism and to sport," Samuel Schmid, who led the IOC commission into the allegations, told a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland.

What it will do to the men’s and women’s hockey tournaments remains to be seen.