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Ray
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Well we've won!! 
Now to see speedskating adopted. 
Major developments for Eastway etc.
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merten
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:55 am Subject: |
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Yeeeaaaahhh would not have liked to go to those evil French to see the first speedskating contests ... now let's all cross fingers for Friday!
[Dear French: Just kiddin' around, no offense  ] |
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Natasha
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:10 pm Subject: |
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| merten wrote: |
| evil French |
Watch it, Bratwurst! |
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Gav
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:16 pm Subject: |
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HAHHAHAHA we got the OLYMPICS!
you might've gotten Le Mans but take that you #@%^$%^s |
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merten
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:32 pm Subject: |
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| NashaP wrote: |
| Watch it, Bratwurst! |
Thx for not calling me "Kraut" I'm just happy for London right now. Probably been immersed in Le Mans trouble too long... |
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Michi
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:54 pm Subject: Re: Olympics in London |
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| desco wrote: |
| Now to see speedskating adopted. |
Really looking forward to wach live olympic skating in London!
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xsfred
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:36 pm Subject: |
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| Congrats London ! |
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Fred_Paris
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:29 pm Subject: |
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congratulations London
I'm sad for Paris at the moment but that's fine we've been chasing the Olympics for 20 years we can do it longer... so 2024...2030...maybe |
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Beatrice
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:44 pm Subject: |
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excellent news! living and skating in London, i backed London not Paris (anyway i am from the south of France  ). Now let's keep our fingers crossed for the decision on speedskating becoming an olympic sport. Already dreaming about a smooth skating arena |
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Erika
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:34 pm Subject: |
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Thats cool - when do they decide on which new sport to put in?
And even more importantly Gerrard is staying at Liverpool |
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Gav
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:57 pm Subject: |
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Friday they decide!!
Never realised it worked like this though:
On the 8th, the IOC will have a secret ballet to vote out one of the 28 sports already in the Games. This will only happen if more the 50% of the IOC vote for the sport to be dropped.
If a Sport does get Dropped then the IOC will have another secret ballot to determine which sport out of the 5 to include. But this has to be with a majority Vote of 66%. |
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Fred_Paris
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:27 am Subject: |
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we'll see but it's going to be tough...
I can't remmenber the time exactly but the commission didn't exclude a sport for ages...
crossing fingers  |
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Fred_Paris
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:36 am Subject: |
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ok last time a sport was excluded 1936....
Potentially out :
softball, base-ball and modern pentathlon are not very popular.
golf
rugby (at 7)
roller
karaté
squash
coulp be propose to enter iuin the familly of olympics sports.
To be honnest even If I'd like to see inline skate at the olympics, I hope they will not exclude an other sport...
Can't imagine how frustrating it could be to lost this status... |
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merten
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:20 am Subject: |
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Problem is they have to exclude something if they want to get something new in. The olympic charta states a minimum of 15, max 28 sports to be in the olympics. Apparently there currently are 28  |
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Fred_Paris
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:43 am Subject: |
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http://inlineplanet.com/Articles2/ASOIFMeeting.html
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Olympic Inclusion ...
Nervous Sports Federations Plan Special Meeting in Advance of Olympic Vote
Federations Could Try to Block Any Changes in Olympic Roster
By Robert "Just the Factoids" Burnson
The association that represents the 28 current Summer Olympic sports has called a special meeting to discuss new procedures for deciding which sports should remain in the Games.
The meeting of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) will be June 8th in Geneva.
Participants at the meeting will discuss the procedures, announced last week by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), for deciding which sports, if any, to oust or add to the 2012 Olympic Games.
Under the procedures, all of the current summer sports will be put to the vote at the IOC meeting in Singapore on July 8th.
Any sport that does not win the support of a majority of members will be ousted from the Games.
If any sports are ousted, the IOC's executive committee will propose replacements, presumably from a list of five sports under study for Olympic inclusion.
Those sports are inline speed skating (under the heading "roller sports"), golf, rugby, squash and karate.
IOC members will be required to approve any new sport by a two-thirds majority.
Most of the 117 voting IOC members are current or former leaders of various sports federations. So they have the power, if they hang together, to block any changes in the Olympic roster.
They managed to do this in 2002 when IOC president Jacques Rogge proposed ousting baseball, softball and modern pentathlon from the Games.
In fact, they've been guarding their turf successful since 1936, which was the last time any sport (polo) was cut from the Summer Olympics.
Denis Oswald, president of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, says several members asked him to call the special meeting.
Most of federations think that the overall Olympic review process is fair, Oswald said.
"We felt, however, that it was important to give the (international federations) the opportunity to express their views on this final phase and to ask the IOC for clarification on a number of specific points.”
He did not say what points.
The association's meeting will be closed to the public.
"Due to limitations in space, it will not be possible to open the assembly to the media," the association announced in a press release.
With all the money association members get from Olympic television contracts, you would think they could afford a bigger room!
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