heelfan108
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Hopefully it's nothing major.
Olympics & Politics - Boxing Controversy; France blocks 1,000+ people accused of spying from the Olympics. Rail lines attacked
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Hopefully it's nothing major.
Centerpiece
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So, how many here were alive and actually REMEMBER Munich 1972? And I’m not talking about Bobby Jones and team losing to the Russians in that bull shit game….
Centerpiece
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I’ve been flown in and out of that airport. Lived in Basel for about a year..l
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What a mess
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It’s 5 am in France. Let’s see what the new day brings. Hopefully peace and quiet and some games.
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Olympic Sabotage Continues: Someone Cut French Phone Lines Overnight
As if hosting the Summer Olympics wasn't hard enough.
gizmodo.com
Five telecom stations in France were hit on Sunday night in an attack that shut down some services. French authorities said the attacks looked like sabotage.
“It was an operation that was prepared,” the general director of the French Telecoms Federation, Romain Bonefant, told Reuters. “If it wasn’t people who work for us, it was people who had information.”
French regulators said the cuts only affected 11,000 people.
“Under my supervision, the Center for Defense Electronic Communications cooperates with operators until communications and services are fully restored,” Marina Ferrari, France’s minister for digital transition and telecommunications, said on X. “I condemn in the strongest terms these cowardly and irresponsible acts. Thank you to the teams mobilized this morning to carry out repairs and restore damaged sites to service.”
The attack happened during the Olympics and followed a similar attack on France’s high-speed rail system that occurred ahead of the opening ceremony. In that attack, someone set fire to three electrical and signal boxes that operate various bits of the country’s high-speed rail network. Early reports indicated that French authorities had disrupted additional, similar, attacks.
It’s not clear if the attacks on the railway line and the telephone systems are connected, but French law enforcement has declined to comment either way. But both attacks are being handled by France’s organized crime office and anti-terrorist task force.
Centerpiece
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Something is afoot no doubt. Lucky it hasn’t been anything more deadly.Olympic Sabotage Continues: Someone Cut French Phone Lines Overnight
As if hosting the Summer Olympics wasn't hard enough.
Five telecom stations in France were hit on Sunday night in an attack that shut down some services. French authorities said the attacks looked like sabotage.
“It was an operation that was prepared,” the general director of the French Telecoms Federation, Romain Bonefant, told Reuters. “If it wasn’t people who work for us, it was people who had information.”
French regulators said the cuts only affected 11,000 people.
“Under my supervision, the Center for Defense Electronic Communications cooperates with operators until communications and services are fully restored,” Marina Ferrari, France’s minister for digital transition and telecommunications, said on X. “I condemn in the strongest terms these cowardly and irresponsible acts. Thank you to the teams mobilized this morning to carry out repairs and restore damaged sites to service.”
The attack happened during the Olympics and followed a similar attack on France’s high-speed rail system that occurred ahead of the opening ceremony. In that attack, someone set fire to three electrical and signal boxes that operate various bits of the country’s high-speed rail network. Early reports indicated that French authorities had disrupted additional, similar, attacks.
It’s not clear if the attacks on the railway line and the telephone systems are connected, but French law enforcement has declined to comment either way. But both attacks are being handled by France’s organized crime office and anti-terrorist task force.
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Trump is definitely known for being open minded!
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The International Olympic Committee has faced mounting questions about the participation of the two boxers, but has said both athletes had been cleared to fight under the rules for the competition. Mark Adams, the I.O.C.’s chief spokesman, said Thursday that the two fighters were not transgender athletes and should not be described as such.
The issue of athletes with male characteristics and transgender athletes competing in women’s sport is a charged one, with some opponents and activists demanding that women’s sports be solely reserved for those assigned female at birth. Mr. Adams has said both Khelif and Lin identify as females in their passports.
“Everyone competing in the women’s category is complying with the competition eligibility rules,” Mr. Adams said.
The International Boxing Association, the former governing body for amateur boxing but one the Olympic body no longer recognizes, issued its own statement to explain why it had barred the two athletes last year. ..."
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Paris 2024: Algeria condemn 'baseless attacks' on boxer
Algeria's Olympic Committee condemns "baseless" attacks on their boxer Imane Khelif after questions are raised over her participation at the Paris Olympics.
www.bbc.com
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Algeria's Olympic Committee has condemned "baseless" attacks on their boxer Imane Khelif after questions were raised over her participation at the Paris Olympics.
Khelif is one of two athletes who have been cleared to compete in the women's boxing, having been disqualified from last year's Women's World Championships for failing to meet eligibility criteria.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Khelif was disqualified in New Delhi for failing a testosterone level test.
Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting was stripped of a bronze medal at the event, staged in March 2023, after failing a gender eligibility test.
… Khelif, who is a Unicef ambassador, has previously spoken, external about growing up in rural village and not being allowed to take part in sport initially by her father as "he did not approve of boxing for girls".
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Both Khelif and Lin competed at the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. Lin is a two-time winner at the Asian Women Amateur Boxing Championships.
The IOC said all boxers in Paris "comply with the competition's eligibility and entry regulations".
On Tuesday, IOC spokesman Mark Adams said: "These athletes have competed many times before for many years, they haven't just suddenly arrived - they competed in Tokyo." …”
gtyellowjacket
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I think anyone that doesn't have the equipment of this guy, should probably compete in the women's event.Paris 2024: Algeria condemn 'baseless attacks' on boxer
Algeria's Olympic Committee condemns "baseless" attacks on their boxer Imane Khelif after questions are raised over her participation at the Paris Olympics.www.bbc.com
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Algeria's Olympic Committee has condemned "baseless" attacks on their boxer Imane Khelif after questions were raised over her participation at the Paris Olympics.
Khelif is one of two athletes who have been cleared to compete in the women's boxing, having been disqualified from last year's Women's World Championships for failing to meet eligibility criteria.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Khelif was disqualified in New Delhi for failing a testosterone level test.
Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting was stripped of a bronze medal at the event, staged in March 2023, after failing a gender eligibility test.
… Khelif, who is a Unicef ambassador, has previously spoken, external about growing up in rural village and not being allowed to take part in sport initially by her father as "he did not approve of boxing for girls".
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Both Khelif and Lin competed at the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. Lin is a two-time winner at the Asian Women Amateur Boxing Championships.
The IOC said all boxers in Paris "comply with the competition's eligibility and entry regulations".
On Tuesday, IOC spokesman Mark Adams said: "These athletes have competed many times before for many years, they haven't just suddenly arrived - they competed in Tokyo." …”
French Olympic Diver Jules Bouyer Drives Viewers Wild Over Huge Bulge in Swimsuit
A French diver is going viral at the 2024 Olympics -- not just for his aquatic skills, but for proving size might in fact matter ... but, so does the cut of your swim trunks.
www.tmz.com
HeelInTheOzarks
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I’m confused why the Italian woman quit because the punches hurt? Isn’t that the point of boxing? Did she even get knocked down?
From one of the linked articles, the blows to her nose made breathing difficult.