Russia, Sochi, OAR, Soldier Athletes, and Sports As a Political Vehicle
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Nice breakdown of what Russia did to get banned from the olympics on The Daily today: https://www.nytimes.com/podcasts/the-daily
Ties the efforts clearly to the Kremlin.
In contrast, heard an announcer mention in passing that the American luger was a “Soldier Athlete”. Apparently the US has some soldiers training all day in certain sports.
The things superpowers do to appear to have a healthy, dominant sports ecosystem…
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@approxinfinity I read “that the American luger was a ‘Soldier Athlete’” and wondered what this weird reference was to an American knockoff pistol I apparently had never heard of, and what it had to do with Olympics. Then I realized “luger” wasn’t capitalized!
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@mayjay haha too funny
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Are you sure they weren’t referring to Lon Luger, the OU basketball coach?
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