The article references Karl and Colleen as earning those spot for Canada, not as the only, or likely, two in contention to actually go to the Olympics in those slots.
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I thought that Karl and Colleen were the two individuals who qualified Canada for the two individual spots for Tokyo, not necessarily that they would be the two chosen to represent Canada
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ok, it comes across as they are the two who are in contention, thanks for clarifying.
Per that EN article:
Those combinations will earn a place for their country â itâs crucial to note that they donât necessarily earn the spot for themselves.
Bolding and italics theirs, underline my own.
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Glad I googled to double check facts before posting since I had details wrong!
here is EN article on it.
https://eventingnation.com/report-released-jessica-phoenix-won-canadian-olympic-team-spot-in-appeal/
P.
That entire fiasco was an embarrassment.
Woody on the team, then off the team,
the appearance of bias by C Fredricks,
Let It be on the team, then off the team in favour of Jessica after the appeal, then back on the team
the big name lawyers involved in the appeal.
And then the poor showing at the Olympics.
I believe EC showed its incompetence further when it named Kathryn to the WEG(?) team when she had not declared herself (cannot positively recall which event that was)
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Thanks, didnât have enough coffee for my after long weekend Tuesday :lol:
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Huge embarrassment! On top of the drama with the dressage team suing each other as well!
EC might be relieved to only be sending individuals this year. Though could cause just as much controversy!
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Im very interested to see how this will all play out, thats for sure!
interesting article in WSJ about possible cancellation of the games or postponing them. I cannot believe they would after the overwrought fear in Rio.
I can believe it. Big difference in viruses. Hopefully they wonât have to cancel.
canât read because you have to subscribe. Can you give a run down?
Can you imagine if it cancelled. To get these horses peaking at the right time and then to have to what, wait another 4 years? Or move it year later? What would even happen?
Tokyo OlyCoronavirus Threatens Tokyo Olympics
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Tokyo is on the way to spending more than $20 billion on hosting this summerâs Olympic Games. NBC has a multibillion-dollar agreement to broadcast them. Athletes who have been training for years are months away from the pinnacle of their sporting lives.
But there is increasing concern that the Summer Games wonât go on at all.
As outbreaks of the novel coronavirus spread through Asia and Europe, organizers made it clear on Tuesday that they have begun worrying about the public health implications of holding the Games, where hundreds of thousands of people gather in one place, spend two weeks in close quarters and fly back to some 200 countries.
The Tokyo Games are scheduled to begin on July 24, but a senior member of the International Olympic Committee raised the possibility of cancellation or postponement if the outbreak wasnât contained in the next three months, setting an unofficial deadline around the end of May. The last time the Olympics were canceled was during World War II.
âThis is the new war and you have to face it,â Dick Pound, an IOC member since 1978, told the Associated Press. âIn and around that time, Iâd say folks are going to have to ask: âIs this under sufficient control that we can be confident about going to Tokyo, or not?ââÂ
In a subsequent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Pound said that the IOC was in daily contact with the World Health Organization, but it was impossible to make predictions about the fate of an event five months away.
âIf youâre dealing with athletes, you say, âAs far as we know, itâs still on in Tokyo,ââ Pound said.
Athletes should remain focused on their sports, Pound told the AP, but he warned that the IOC would take action if required. âBe sure that the IOC is not going to send you into a pandemic situation,â he said.
On a regularly scheduled IOC conference call with athletesâ councils around the world Tuesday morning, athletes asked about the status of upcoming Olympic qualifying events but not the Games themselves, said Han Xiao, chairman of the Athletesâ Advisory Council for the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
âI guess Iâm just weirded out that thereâs no acknowledgment that nobody seems to know whatâs going to happen,â Xiao said. âIf all these travel advisories and restrictions are still in place this summer, if contingencies are in place, theyâre not being discussed in public right now.âÂ
Pound appears to have been speaking for the IOC. A spokesperson for the governing body of the Games said that Pound âexplains very well that the IOC continues to work toward successful Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 beginning at the end of July.âÂ
Tokyo 2020 officials have said that they hope to deliver the Games as planned, despite the country reporting hundreds of cases of coronavirus outside the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which is docked in the Yokohama port near Tokyo.
But fears surrounding the virus are already sweeping through sports in the host nation.
Japanese soccer authorities on Tuesday announced that they would suspend all 94 professional matches scheduled between now and mid-March. Nippon Professional Baseball, too, is expected to announce postponements on Wednesday ahead of Opening Day on March 20. Several baseball teams are planning to play preseason games behind closed doors this week. Earlier this month organizers cut more than 30,000 runners from this Sundayâs Tokyo Marathon, saying only about 200 elite runners would be allowed in the race.
âWe had to make this decision,â the chairman of Japanâs soccer league Mitsuru Murai said. âI am sorry to all of the fans who looked forward to the matches, but we will cooperate in a situation that is somewhat of a national crisis.âÂ
Japanâs precautionary tactics so far have been sensible measures to mitigate risk, Pound said, but they are likely not replicable for the Olympics.
âIt can be done on a one-sport basis,â he said. âItâs when you have 11,000 athletes and related officials coming from all over the world in a fairly compact situation that multiplies the risk if anybodyâs infected.âÂ
Pound said it was unclear who would make the final decision to cancel, postpone or move the Olympics if the virus continues spreading. In his interview with the AP, he also expressed skepticism that the Games could be delayed until 2021, noting the challenges that come with hosting a sprawling international event that requires years of planning.
The Olympics are a major enterprise for the media companies that broadcast the games, including Comcast Corp.âs NBCUniversal and Discovery Inc. NBCUniversal agreed to pay $1.1 billion for the Tokyo Games, as part of a long-term deal covering U.S. rights for multiple Olympics. Discovery agreed to pay $1.45 billion for European rights to the games from 2018 to 2024.
Discovery would not have to pay rights fees if the games were canceled, a person familiar with the matter said. An NBC Sports spokesman had no comment on the rights deal. âThe safety of our employees is always our top priority, but there is no impact on our preparations at this time, â the spokesman said in a statement.
The companies would miss out on a tentpole event for their networks. NBCUniversal has highlighted that its upcoming streaming service, Peacock, will carry the Olympics. The company secured $1.1 billion in ad commitments for the Olympics as of January.
Olympic jitters have become just as much a part of the Games as the opening ceremony. The buildup to the past few editions has raised fears of a nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula, a mass contamination of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Brazil, and violent threats by Chechen separatists in Russia.
The fears of Zika, which spreads through mosquito bites and sexual contact, turned out to be unfounded. After recommending against canceling the Rio Games, where the Summer Games in the Southern Hemisphere meant chilly weather and fewer mosquitoes, the World Health Organization said afterward that Brazil had reported no infections during the Olympics.
This epidemic is more troubling than previous health concerns that have threatened the Olympics because the novel virus appears to be highly contagious and because there are no vaccines to prevent it.
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[h=4]A woman removes her mask before taking pictures with the mascots of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo.[/h] Photo: Jae C. Hong/Associated Press
The tight living quarters and working conditions of the Olympics make the Games a dangerous potential breeding ground for infectious diseases. An outbreak of the norovirus bug at the last Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, sickened more than 300 people and resulted in quarantines for patients until they tested negative. The Korea Center for Disease Control distributed tens of thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer and urged spectators to wash their hands thoroughly.
As the Olympics officials attempt to buy time before making a decision with billions of dollars on the line, several events in the region have already been postponed.
The World Indoor Track Championships, which were scheduled to be held March 13-15 in Nanjing, China, decided on Jan. 29 to delay the event for one year, even after other cities volunteered to host. In a statement then, World Athletics said: âNo one should be going ahead with any major gathering that can be postponed.âÂ
The last time the Olympics were canceled altogether was during World War II. The IOC skipped the 1944 Games and allowed London to host four years later instead. The city that missed out in 1940 had to wait until 1964: It was Tokyo.
âSuzanne Vranica contributed to this article.
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OK, it is unapproved, so I canât link.
It just says that if the âpandemicâ gets worse, they might have to postpone the games. After all, the worst cases are in Asia.
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Weâre too busy spending money on coach license videos :lol:
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I would think that the worst case scenario is no spectators, but full television & video coverage. Given the overwhelming coverage in the U.S., I would think they would want to preserve that aspect. (Although it would be weird to see it with no crowds in attendance, cheering the athletes on.) Of course all of the athletes, coaching and support staff, and everyone that travels with them, would still be at risk. But athletes and their entourage would be highly motivated to practice sound biosecurity, as going away sick would impact their careers in the months to come.
Also ⊠if they cancel the games, I assume that some kind of event insurance would be activated? That would be a huge claim !
The risk in not just people going to Japan, and getting sick there. As much of a risk is people (competitors, officials, etc.) coming from Italy, Iran, etc., and bringing Covid19 with them.
This weekendâs MotoGP (motorcycle roadracing Grand Prix) in Qatar was cancelled after the government of Qatar banned anyone who had been in Italy in the previous 14 days. Since several of the leading teams are based in Italy (and none of them have had any sick people) the organizers decided they had no choice but to cancel.
Worst case is that the government bans enough countries that they have to cancel the competitions.
Rio was very different, because there the concern was people GETTING sick IN Rio. Not people BRINGING sickness TO Rio.
