ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Olympics@sh.itjust.works · edit-21 month agoAmerican gymnast Chiles must return bronze medal, IOC says.www.voanews.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkAmerican gymnast Chiles must return bronze medal, IOC says.www.voanews.comModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Olympics@sh.itjust.works · edit-21 month agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGot_Bent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·1 month agoI looked this up yesterday. IOC has no legal recourse if an athlete refuses to return a medal. It’s generally done “in the spirit of sportsmanship.” As I don’t see this case as being good sportsmanship, I’d tell them to pound sand, I’m keeping it.
minus-squareArtyom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoThey might not be invited to the next Olympics, and if they are a young american gymnist, they may have a chance at more medals.
minus-squareGot_Bent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoShe’s twenty three. In the world of gymnastics, it’s not likely to return at twenty seven. Possible, but not likely.
I looked this up yesterday. IOC has no legal recourse if an athlete refuses to return a medal. It’s generally done “in the spirit of sportsmanship.”
As I don’t see this case as being good sportsmanship, I’d tell them to pound sand, I’m keeping it.
They might not be invited to the next Olympics, and if they are a young american gymnist, they may have a chance at more medals.
She’s twenty three. In the world of gymnastics, it’s not likely to return at twenty seven. Possible, but not likely.