@[email protected] to [email protected] • edit-23 months 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-23 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Got_Bentlink29•3 months 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•3 months 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•3 months 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.