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Russian officials accuse United States, other countries of rigging 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Russians are not taking their fifth place finish in the medal count of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics well. Both commentators and officials from the country are accusing the United States and others of rigging the Games. This comes after the Russian Olympic Committee finish fifth in the medal count.

If you include the Russian Olympic Committee results as part of Russia's Olympic history, it is the lowest finish since the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. Russian-born athletes competed under the Russian Olympic Committee name at the 2020 Games due to penalties Russia was handed after it was discovered the country was running a doping program.

Russian lawmaker Aleksei Zhuravlyov, according to The Daily Beast, described other competing countries at the Games as "a pack of Russophobic beasts, headed by the United States."
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"These Olympic Games stink," Skabeeva said. "Global sports forever ceased being an honest competition, turning into a cheap political farce. At the behest of Americans, the International Olympic Committee took away two gold medals from Russian."

Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/...her-countries-of-rigging-2020-tokyo-olympics/

This sure is a case of the kettle calling the pot black. The reason that the Russian athletes had to compete under the ROC instead of Russia is because Russia was caught cheating*, etc.

*Athletes aren't competing under the Russian flag because of a punishment handed down by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Originally, Russia had been suspended for four years of Olympic action, but in late 2020, that punishment was reduced to two years.

During that two-year period, athletes that weren't involved in the Russian doping scandal are still able to compete in Olympic competition. That's why there are 335 Russians competing in the 2021 Olympics. However, they have to do it as neutrals.

You know who accuses others of doing something shady? Someone who's doing something shady.

 

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Men can compete in artistic swimming at Paris Olympics

Men can compete in Olympic artistic swimming for the first time at the 2024 Paris Games, World Aquatics said on Thursday.

Approval from the International Olympic Committee means a maximum of two men can be selected among eight athletes in the team event that is due to include 10 nations.

Adding men to the sport once known as synchronized swimming will leave rhythmic gymnastics as the last women-only event on the Summer Games program.

"Aquatics sports are universal and men have proven themselves to be excellent artistic swimmers," World Aquatics president Husain Al-Musallam said in a statement.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/35304110/men-compete-artistic-swimming-paris-olympics

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U.S., Mexico announce joint 2027 WWC bid

The United States and Mexico plan to bid to co-host the 2027 Women's World Cup, the two countries' federations announced Wednesday.

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United States, Mexico announce joint bid for 2027 Women's World Cup​

The United States and Mexico plan to bid to co-host the 2027 Women's World Cup, the two countries' federations announced on Wednesday.

The announcement came on the final day that FIFA said it would accept submissions for expressions of interest. Bid agreements are due by May 19 and official bids by Dec. 8. FIFA plans to publish an evaluation report in May 2024 ahead of a vote by FIFA's Congress that May 17.

South Africa has announced a bid, and Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have announced a joint bid. Brazil's sports minister has said that nation will bid.