O/T Eddie the Eagle wannabe?/Winter Olympics

[frogmiller]

Have either a gold or silver in the men's curling.

Spinning Rock skidding to give it ryet name if tha dunt mind!

[frogmiller]

Cheating dance skidding on nah!

[wendun]

Oh Joy!!!!!!!! £28m lottery funding and a medal in men's curling. And Greg Rutherford says the answer is obvious - more money! The answer actually is "Don't bother." Nobody gives a toss about some unemployable numpty whizzing downhill on a tray or whatever.

[flourbasher]

Isn't the main issue here is that she is a mere child aged just 15.
The insinuations are that she has been heavily influenced by her entourage and the Russian state.
Easily controlled , easily led and easily manipulated

Here you are drink this it's just a protein shake

Victim rather than a cheat?

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Isn't the main issue here is that she is a mere child aged just 15.
The insinuations are that she has been heavily influenced by her entourage and the Russian state.
Easily controlled , easily led and easily manipulated

Here you are drink this it's just a protein shake

Victim rather than a cheat?

“Easily controlled, easily led and easily manipulated”

The motto of the BBC

[flourbasher]

“Easily controlled, easily led and easily manipulated”

The motto of the BBC

I was just thinking of what a typical 15 year old girl is like Grist
I wasn't there, I don't know her so I can't really be sure but it's a distinct possibility with the environment she was brought up in.

No one knows she knowingly cheated either but she's getting condemned

[CAMiller]

I was just thinking of what a typical 15 year old girl is like Grist
I wasn't there, I don't know her so I can't really be sure but it's a distinct possibility with the environment she was brought up in.

No one knows she knowingly cheated either but she's getting condemned

No 15 year old athlete in any sport in any country gets to the top without a significant influence 'of some kind' from adults. She's been manipulated.

[wendun]

No 15 year old athlete in any sport in any country gets to the top without a significant influence 'of some kind' from adults. She's been manipulated.

Surely the question of age ought to be relevant to eligibility to compete not to the imposition of sanctions for cheating or other transgression? If a competitor is unable to make informed decisions due either to age or mental state they ought not to be there.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

I was just thinking of what a typical 15 year old girl is like Grist
I wasn't there, I don't know her so I can't really be sure but it's a distinct possibility with the environment she was brought up in.

No one knows she knowingly cheated either but she's getting condemned

You could be right about her being manipulated and yes it is highly feasible that she could have been drip fed “additives” without knowing

It was interesting to note that after she failed the test every camera shot of her showed her surrounded by teddy bears. Perhaps I don’t know many 15 year old girls but all of those I do know would think soft toys are something not to be displayed in public if they still have them

[flourbasher]

It's not just about sport though
Young impressionable children can be manipulated and controlled for a variety of reasons as the people of Rotherham know only too well.
Unfortunately because she's Russian it's unlikely the authorities will ever be held to account. Similarities with the authorities in Rotherham again