mr.bernham Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Still no renderings of the ceremony venue. Yeah, but I'm not sure anything could beat Vancouver and Sochi's venues. It will probably just be a box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 HA! Rogge said don't say nice things to me because it will save time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.bernham Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Finally! I was waiting for him to tell everyone to stop being suck ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Rogge lets himself go at last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 The IOC evaluation committee said Korea does not have the level needed in hockey and skiing sports. Does that mean Korea won't get automatic qualification? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Does that mean Korea won't get automatic qualification? I am assuming yes if the situation doesn't improve/regress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 I call bullsh!t on that given what Britain had to do to get a handball team on the court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 I call bullsh!t on that given what Britain had to do to get a handball team on the court. Hockey has already said Korea needs to be top 18 in men's and I forget women's rankings to be allowed automatic qualification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 I still call bullsh!t on it. Like I said, look at British handball, they were nowhere near top 18. Fasel voted for Pyeongchang, he has to deal with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 I still call bullsh!t on it. Like I said, look at British handball, they were nowhere near top 18. Fasel voted for Pyeongchang, he has to deal with it. Handball had no restriction I believe. The Korean men are or are better then were Italy was in 2003. The women's team isn't good enough. Hence the minimum seating for hockey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 How about fielding a lesbian, LGBT team? Would that suffice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Rogge just got a frame present from Sheik Sabah for his 12 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Kevin Gosper giving his final speech to the Executive Committee, and praises Sebastian Coe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Intoronto, who went to the bathroom??? You failed to report that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Intoronto, who went to the bathroom??? You failed to report that. lmfao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted September 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 GBModerator was just visible in the background (when "Carlos" asked the question) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 GBModerator was just visible in the background (when "Carlos" asked the question) He asked a question yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted September 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Let's wait if he asks something during this press conference... I just recognise that the press conference is not live.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Handball had no restriction I believe. The Korean men are or are better then were Italy was in 2003. The women's team isn't good enough. Hence the minimum seating for hockey Italy was 17th in 2003 and has had a ranking of no worse than 19th since the current rankings system was introduced in 2003. Italy also reached a high of 13th, have appeared in 9 Olympics. Korea has had a high ranking of 25 (current) and a low ranking of 33 and never appeared in the maintain tournament of the world championships nor the Olympics. But none of that matters, there has never been a minimum standard (there has also never been a Winter Olympics that have been hosted outside of a country that has appeared in the main tournament). Like I said Fasel voted for Korea, he has to live with Korea getting beat 40-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gangwon Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Italy was 17th in 2003 and has had a ranking of no worse than 19th since the current rankings system was introduced in 2003. Italy also reached a high of 13th, have appeared in 9 Olympics. Korea has had a high ranking of 25 (current) and a low ranking of 33 and never appeared in the maintain tournament of the world championships nor the Olympics. But none of that matters, there has never been a minimum standard (there has also never been a Winter Olympics that have been hosted outside of a country that has appeared in the main tournament). Like I said Fasel voted for Korea, he has to live with Korea getting beat 40-0. Korea's ranking, while not far off from where their abilities lie, doesn't account for their non-participation in the 2010 Olympic qualification process. Once 2010 no longer matters next year, their ranking will show up around 22 or 23 after next year's Div 1 World Championships. Their actual abilities lie probably somewhere in between 21-24. Their historical low ranking of 33 only serves to show how they've improved in the last decade. Albeit with one import player used in the last year. Fasel will continuously undercut Korea's abilities until 2016 or so, as a code to get them to continue working hard and not just assume an automatic place. But I don't see The IIHF denying Korea a spot in 2018 after all this improvement. If anything else, no automatic qualification will prevent growing the sport in Korea, which is why I presume Fasel would've voted for Korea over Germany in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympic Fan Darcy Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 John Coates vice president! Wow didn't even know he was contesting! An Aussie woo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Does that mean he can run for the presidency once Bach's time is up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 John Coates vice president! Wow didn't even know he was contesting! An Aussie woo! He was the only one goingfor it AFAIK until the Syrian stumped at at the last moment. I don't think it caused him to worry much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie_Victoria Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 He weas the only one going AFAIK until the Syrian stumped at at the last moment. I don't think it caused him to worry much. You mean the one who took the IOC session for the UN tribune.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Yeah like American Football . You missed the point. There are plenty of very prestigious international golf tournaments already. They offer the winners big money, not medals. Those tournaments will always be held in higher esteem than the Olympic Games, therefore adding golf to the Olympic program serves no purpose. It's just another big tournament for a bunch of very wealthy players. It's pointless. Plus, the venue is very large and expensive, not to mention environmentally unfriendly due to heavy reliance on pesticides and other chemicals. I'd much rather see squash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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