@[email protected] to [email protected] • edit-21 month agoAmerican gymnast Chiles must return bronze medal, IOC says.www.voanews.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkAmerican gymnast Chiles must return bronze medal, IOC says.www.voanews.com@[email protected] to [email protected] • edit-21 month agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Got_Bentlink29•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•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-square@Got_Bentlink12•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’d tell ‘em to fuck off im keeping the medal
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.