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Daily schedule from NBC.com ... although the site is US based, the website does convert the event times to AEST and is easy to read. Chronological summary, results & scheduling of each day of the 2016 Rio Olympics (Wiki) (click on any day for the schedule or results) * * * Denotes gold medal event Tuesday August 9th (evening) 7,00pm Highlights program ............ In Rio Today (7hd/7) 9.30pm Rowing .............................. Quarter finals & Semi finals 11.00pm Equestrian ......................... Eventing Individual* jumping final * * * Eventing Team* jumping final * * * 11.55pm Men's Rugby 7's ................ Thunderbolts vs France 11.55pm Boxing ................................ Preliminary bouts *Australian Christopher Burton is currently in 1st position after the cross country division of the individual eventing whilst the Australian team is also in 1st position after the cross country division of the team eventing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday August 10th (morning) 1.15am Women's Basketball ........ Opals vs France 2.00am Swimming ........................... Heats 2.00am Women's Waterpolo ............ Stingers vs Russia 5.00am Diving ................................. Women's synchronised 10m platform final * * * 5.00am Gymnastics ......................... Women's team final * * * 5.00am Women's Soccer ................. Matildas vs Zimbabwe 5.00am Men's Rugby 7's ................. Thunderbolts vs Spain 9.30am Men's Hockey ...................... Kookaburras vs Belgium 11.00am Swimming Finals Women's 200m freestyle final - Emma McKeon, Bronte Barratt (11.19am) * * * Men's 200m butterfly final (11.28am) * * * Women's 200 IM final - Alicia Coutts (12.29pm) * * * Men's 4 x 200 freestyle relay final - Australia - TBC (12.38pm) * * * Wednesday August 10th (evening) 7,00pm Highlights program ............. In Rio Today (7hd/7) 9.30pm Rowing ............................... Repechages & semi finals Men's quadruple sculls final - TBC (11.22pm) * * * Women's quadruple sculls final - TBC (11.34pm) * * * 9.30pm Women's Road Cycling ...... Women's time trial final * * * 11.55pm Women's Hockey ..............Hockeyroos vs India 11.55pm Men's Road Cycling ............ Men's time trial final * * * 11.55pm Boxing ................................. Preliminary bouts 12.00pm Beach Volleyball (W) .......... Australia (Clancy & Bawden) vs Netherlands ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday August 11th (morning) 12.30am Men's Rugby 7's ................. Thunderbolts vs South Africa 2.00am Beach Volleyball (W) .......... Australia (Laird & Artacho del Solar) vs China 2.00am Swimming ........................... Heats 5.00am Diving ................................. Men's synchronised 3m springboard final * * * 5.00am Gymnastics ......................... Men's all-around final * * * 8.00am Men's Basketball ................. Boomers vs USA 9.30am Men's Hockey ...................... Kookaburras vs Great Britain 11.00am Swimming Finals Men's 200m breaststroke final (11.03am) * * * Women's 200m butterfly final (11.54am) * * * Men's 100m freestyle final (12.03pm) * * * Women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay final (12.55pm) * * *

Our women’s Rugby Sevens team wasn’t made up of born footy players

Bit disappointing to not at least pick up a medal or 2 in the swimming this morning but it's tough competition. If it was easy we'd win 20+ gold medals every Olympics. We're tracking very well, all things considered. Well placed in the individual & team eventing in the equestrian ... leading in both apparently with the show jumping to come tonight (11pm)

Agreed on all points TD Especially your last point! Now for our swimmers to get amongst it (again)

Pearls 24 - 5 in front with 2:30 minutes to go! Edit: Gold to Australia in the women's rugby 7's!! An excellent win too ... 24 - 17 in the end. Charlotte Caslick is a star ... well done to the Pearls.

Daily schedule from NBC.com ... although the site is US based, the website does convert the event times to AEST and is easy to read. Chronological summary, results & scheduling of each day of the 2016 Rio Olympics (Wiki) (click on any day for the schedule or results) * * * Denotes gold medal event Monday August 8th (evening) 7,00pm Highlights program .......... In Rio Today (7hd/7) 9.30pm Rowing ............................. Heats, Repechages & Semi finals 11.00pm Beach Volleyball (W) ........ Australia (Laird & Artacho del Solar) vs Switzerland 11.00pm Equestrian ........................ Eventing individual* & team* cross country 11.00pm Women's Hockey ........... Hockeyroos vs USA 11.55pm Boxing .............................. Preliminary bouts *Australian Christopher Burton is currently 2nd after the individual dressage whilst the Australians are currently 3rd after the team dressage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday August 9th (morning) 2.00am Swimming ....................... Heats 3.15am Men's Basketball ............. Boomers vs Serbia 3.30am Women's Rugby 7's ..... Pearls vs Canada (S/F) 4.00am Shooting .......................... Men's trap final 5.00am Diving ............................. Men's synchronised 10m platform final * * * 5.00am Gymnastic....................... Men's team final * * * 7.30am Women's Rugby 7's ...... Bronze medal match * * * 8.00am Women's Rugby 7's ...... Gold medal match * * * 9.50am Men's Waterpolo .............. Sharks vs Hungary 11.00am Swimming Finals Men's 200m freestyle final (11.21am) * * * Women's 100m backstroke final - Emily Seebohm, Madison Wilson (11.30am) * * * Men's 100m backstroke final - Mitch Larkin (11.38am) * * * Women's 100m breaststroke final (11.54am) * * * 12.00pm Beach Volleyball (W) ....... Australia (Clancy & Bawden) vs Venezuela Tuesday August 9th (evening) 7,00pm Highlights program ........... In Rio Today (7hd/7) 9.30pm Rowing ............................. Quarter finals & Semi finals 11.00pm Equestrian ........................ Eventing Individual jumping final * * * Eventing Team jumping final * * * 11.55pm Men's Rugby 7's ............... Thunderbolts vs France 11.55pm Boxing ................................ Preliminary bouts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday August 10th (morning) 1.15am Women's Basketball ........ Opals vs France 2.00am Swimming ........................... Heats 2.00am Women's Waterpolo ........... Stingers vs Russia 5.00am Diving ................................ Women's synchronised 10m platform final * * * 5.00am Gymnastics ........................ Women's team final * * * 5.00am Women's Soccer ................ Matildas vs Zimbabwe 5.00am Men's Rugby 7's ................ Thunderbolts vs Spain 9.30am Men's Hockey .................... Kookaburras vs Belgium 10.00pm Men's Waterpolo ................ Sharks vs Japan 11.00am Swimming .......................... Women's 200m freestyle final (11.19am) * * * Men's 200m butterfly final (11.28am) * * * Women's 200 IM final (12.29pm) * * * Men's 4 x 200 freestyle relay final (12.38pm) * * *

Freestyle relay bronze for Aussie men

Thanks for the info on the rugby 7's schedule TD ... I've edited the above post and will post up the schedule again later on (we'll be on a new page by then) Not sure on the scheduling of the rowing finals after last night's meet being cancelled but google hasn't adjusted the dates & times yet. Anyway, I'm a convert to the rugby 7's ... another plus for women's sport.

The Opals defeated Turkey 61 - 56 as well. That's 2/2 now and on track. Keeney and Smith win Rio diving bronze Catherine Skinner has won Australia’s third gold medal with victory in women’s trap Comprehensive daily schedule from NBC.com ... although the site is US based, the website does convert the event times to AEST and is easy to read. Chronological summary, results & scheduling of each day of the 2016 Rio Olympics (Wiki) (click on any day for the schedule or results) * * * Denotes gold medal events. Monday August 8th (morning) 9.30am Men's Hockey ..................... Kookaburras vs Spain 11.00am Swimming Finals.................. Women's 100m butterfly final (11.03am) * * * Men's 100m breaststroke final (11.53am) * * * Women's 400m freestyle final (12.01pm) * * * Men's 4 x 100 freestle relay final (12.52pm) * * * Monday August 8th (evening) 7,00pm Highlights program ............. In Rio Today (7hd/7) 9.30pm Rowing ................................ Heats, Repechages & Semi finals 11.00pm Beach Volleyball (W) ........... Australia (Laird & Artacho del Solar) vs Switzerland 11.00pm Equestrian ........................... Eventing individual & team cross country 11.00pm Women's Hockey ................ Hockeyroos vs USA 11.55pm Boxing ................................. Preliminary bouts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday August 9th (morning) 2.00am Swimming ........................... Heats 3.15am Men's Basketball ................. Boomers vs Serbia 3.30am Women's Rugby 7's ............ Pearls vs Canada (S/F) 7.30am Women's Rugby 7's ............. Bronze medal match 8.00am Women's Rugby 7's ............. Gold medal match 9.50am Men's Waterpolo ................. Sharks vs Hungary 11.00am Swimming Finals.................. Men's 200m freestyle final (11.21am) * * * Women's 100m backstroke final (11.30am) * * * Men's 100m backstroke final (11.38am) * * * Women's 100m breaststroke final (11.54am) * * * 12.00pm Beach Volleyball (W) ......... Australia (Clancy & Bawden) vs Venezuela

3 channels isn't enough to satisfy 30 odd sports with people's sporting tastes varying so much. It's looking like 7hd & 7 won't be used for any particular sport exclusively aside from gold medal events which don't take up a great deal of time (swimming, track & field, track cycling, rowing et al) Which leaves us with 7mate & 7two to cover all the other sports events ... a big ask. They should have had a partnership with cable as they've done previously but a large majority of people don't have cable. We're just going to have to hope they can prioritise things properly as the games unfold.

I'm finding myself adding more & more detail! At some stage there won't be much more to add other than the team event Q/F's, S/F's & Finals and I'll add them in when applicable. But feel free to quote the schedule anytime TD ... or alert this thread or me to an upcoming event. The template is post #29 on this thread if anyone wants to look further ahead. Honestly, I'd be lost without something like the schedule I've drawn up ... trying to wing-it with the time differences and the amount of sports is near impossible. What helps me is obviously going to help others. Happy to pass it all on.

Team events and other notable events and medal events scheduled ... all times and dates to be verified and all the times are AEST. Most of the sports highlighted have Australian representation but not all of course. I'll post up this abbreviated schedule 2 days at a time just in case I miss a day or so. Comprehensive daily schedule from NBC.com ... although the site is US based, the website does convert the event times to AEST and is easy to read. Chronological summary, results & scheduling of each day of the 2016 Rio Olympics (Wiki) (click on any day for the schedule or results) * * * Denotes gold medal events. Sunday August 7th (evening) 7,00pm Highlights program ............. In Rio Today (7hd/7) 9.30pm Rowing ............................... Repechages 10.45am Gymnastics ........................ Qualification 11.00pm Equestrian .......................... Eventing individual & team dressage 11.55pm Boxing ................................ Preliminary bouts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday August 8th (morning) 1.30am Women's Road Cycling ...... Women's Road Race final * * * 2.00am Swimming ........................... Heats 2.30am Women's Rugby 7's ............ Pearls vs USA 6.30am Women's Basketball ........... Opals vs Turkey 9.30am Men's Hockey ..................... Kookaburras vs Spain 11.00am Swimming Finals.................. Women's 100m butterfly final (11.03am) * * * Men's 100m breaststroke final (11.53am) * * * Women's 400m freestyle final (12.01pm) * * * Men's 4 x 100 freestle relay final (12.52pm) * * * Monday August 8th (evening) 7,00pm Highlights program ............. In Rio Today (7hd/7) 9.30pm Rowing ................................ Heats, Repechages & Semi finals 11.00pm Beach Volleyball (W) ........... Australia (Laird & Artacho del Solar) vs Switzerland 11.00pm Equestrian ........................... Eventing individual & team cross country 11.00pm Women's Hockey ................ Hockeyroos vs USA 11.55pm Boxing ................................. Preliminary bouts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday August 9th (morning) 2.00am Swimming ........................... Heats 3.15am Men's Basketball ................ Boomers vs Serbia 9.50am Men's Waterpolo ................. Sharks vs Hungary 11.00am Swimming Finals.................. Men's 200m freestyle final (11.21am) * * * Women's 100m backstroke final (11.30am) * * * Men's 100m backstroke final (11.38am) * * * Women's 100m breaststroke final (11.54am) * * * 12.00pm Beach Volleyball (W) ......... Australia (Clancy & Bawden) vs Venezuela

Great win to the girls in the 4 x 100 freestyle ... did it easy in the end. World record to boot! The 2 golds today mirrors the first day of the Sydney Olympics except it was the men's 4 x100 who won along with Thorpie winning the 400 back then. We won 16 gold in total in Sydney so let's hope we can mirror that return as well. I'd take that tally of gold in a heartbeat. Australia’s 4x100m women’s freestyle team produce stunning performance to win gold

Good call TD. Man, that was an exciting finish ... I thought he might have got pipped by Sun Yang in the end but he kicked again - Fantastic!! And of course Mack is a demon fan as well ... win/win Mack Horton has won Australia’s first gold of the Olympics with victory in the 400m freestyle

In the absence of a link that provides up-to-date results with an Aussie accent, your reports are great TD. Keep up the good work mate. Many of us want to know what is happening as it is happening - watching anything on delay is not really feasible considering there is so much going on! One wakes up in the morning with a plethora of live sport already in action. This page from Wiki helps ... Chronological Summary of the 2016 Rio Olympics (Wiki) (click on any day for results) For the today's results (Saturday/Sunday results in Australia) click here ... Day 1 Saturday August 6th (Wiki) But beware, the up-to-date results aren't always updated in real time - being 'wiki', there's sometimes a bit of lag time. For instance, the Australian women's rugby 7's (the Pearls) also defeated Fiji 36 - 0 overnight but that result is not posted up on the wiki page as yet. By the way, the women in the rugby 7's are very talented and it's another good sport to watch. Australia’s first medal at Rio Olympics a bronze for men’s team archery sharp shooters Sunday August 7th (morning) 9.30am Women's Hockey .............. Hockeyroos vs Great Britain (currently trailing 2-1 to the Brits with one quarter to go) 9.50am Men's Waterpolo ............... Sharks vs Brazil (currently trailing 8 - 6 with 5 minutes left) 11.00am Swimming Finals .............. Men's 400 IM final 11.03am Men's 400M freestyle final 11.30am Women's 400 IM final 11.49am Women's 4 x 100 freestyle relay final 12.24pm 1.00pm Beach Volleyball (W) ......... Australia (Laird & Artacho del Solar) vs USA

I was counting 7 & 7hd but the 'App' that 7 is providing acts as extra channels. When it works! I'd forgotten that 7 & 7hd broadcast the exact same product. Last night I could at various times go straight to any sport that the app was providing a link for. Premium service for the app costs 20 bucks but if you're all over the games like many are, it's money well spent. Providing it works efficiently!

I might bump up the schedule in the evening as well as the morning seeing all it requires now is a copy & paste (with a few minor adjustments) Channel 7 are devoting all 4 of their channels to the Olympics (apart from when the footy or news coverage intervenes) Therefore there's a good chance we'll be able to see a number of the team events involving Australia (often in their entirety) All times are AEST ... Saturday August 6th (evening) 9.30pm Rowing ............................ Heats 10.30pm Men's Road Cycling ........ Men's Road Race ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday August 7th (morning) 1.00am Beach Volleyball (W) ........ Australia vs Costa Rica 2.00am Swimming ......................... Heats 2.30am Men's Hockey ................... Kookaburras vs New Zealand 2.30am Women's Rugby 7's ......... Pearls vs Colombia 3.15am Men's Basketball ............... Boomers vs France 6.30am Women's Basketball .......... Opals vs Brazil 7.00am Women's Soccer ............... Matildas vs Germany 7.30am Women's Rugby 7's ........... Pearls vs Fiji 9.30am Women's Hockey .............. Hockeyroos vs Great Britain 9.50am Men's Waterpolo ............... Sharks vs Brazil 11.00am Swimming Finals .............. Men's 400 IM final Women's 400 IM final Men's 400M freestyle final Women's 4 x 100 freestyle relay final Sunday August 7th (evening) 9.30pm Rowing ............................... Repechages Monday August 8th (morning) 1.30am Women's Road Cycling ..... Women's Road Race 2.00am Swimming .......................... Heats 2.30am Women's Rugby 7's ........... Pearls vs USA 6.30am Women's Basketball .......... Opals vs Turkey 9.30am Men's Hockey .................... Kookaburras vs Spain 11.00am Swimming Finals................. Women's 100m butterfly final Men's 100m breaststroke final Women's 400m freestyle final Men's 4 x 100 freestle relay final The Swimming finals will be held in the late evening in Rio (10pm start local time) which will mean they'll be shown from about 11am AEST. The swimming finals are held during the first week. The large majority of the Track & Field finals will be held in the evening (8pm) in Rio (about 9am AEST) with about another 10 finals held in the morning (marathons, walks etc) The track & field events are being held during the 2nd week. The Rowing finals will be shown from 8.30am local time (9.30pm AEST) beginning from the first Wednesday of the games (August 10) The Track Cycling finals will be held from 4pm local time (5am AEST) beginning from the first first Friday of the games (August 12) Daily schedule from NBC.com ... although the site is US based, the website does convert the event times to AEST and is easy to read. All the events are listed in chronological order. Channel 7 are also doing a highlights type show/package from 7pm - 9pm every night ('In Rio Today')

Trust me 'D' ... there is an ulterior motive This thread can be a one-stop shop for myself as well! The only issue is adding the odd (as yet) uncheduled event involving the Aussies. Those events will probably be quite obvious though - Q/F's, S/F's., Finals etc. Same for the other sports involving individuals - if people here want to post up future events involving the Aussies or other important events, I'm happy to add those events to the schedule. I've just about completed the whole schedule (post #29) but should have it done soon enough. Posting up links to recent results and the medal tallies is something that can be done too. Wiki might be the easiest solution in that regard. I still haven't figured out how to watch the games though D ... sleep & work is going to be an issue. At least the family are on board - not quite at my levels though!

Channel 7 are devoting all 4 of their channels to the Olympics (apart from when the footy or news coverage intervenes) Therefore there's a good chance we'll be able to see a number of the team events involving Australia (often in their entirety) All times are AEST ... Saturday August 6th (morning) 9.00am Special event .................. The Opening Ceremony Saturday August 6th (evening) 9.30pm Rowing ........................... Heats 10.30pm Men's Road Cycling ....... Men's Road Race ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday August 7th (morning) 1.00am Beach Volleyball (W) ...... Australia vs Costa Rica 2.00am Swimming ....................... Heats 2.30am Men's Hockey ................. Kookaburras vs New Zealand 2.30am Women's Rugby 7's ....... Pearls vs Colombia 3.15am Men's Basketball ............. Boomers vs France 6.30am Women's Basketball ........ Opals vs Brazil 7.00am Women's Soccer .............. Matildas vs Germany 7.30am Women's Rugby 7's .......... Pearls vs Fiji 9.30am Women's Hockey .............. Hockeyroos vs Great Britain 9.50am Men's Waterpolo ............... Sharks vs Brazil 11.00am Swimming Finals .............. Men's 400 IM final Women's 400 IM final Men's 400M freestyle final Women's 4 x 100 freestyle relay final Sunday August 7th (evening) 9.30pm Rowing ............................... Repechages Monday August 8th (morning) 1.30am Women's Road Cycling ..... Women's Road Race 2.00am Swimming .......................... Heats 2.30am Women's Rugby 7's ........... Pearls vs USA 6.30am Women's Basketball .......... Opals vs Turkey 9.30am Men's Hockey .................... Kookaburras vs Spain 11.00am Swimming Finals................. Women's 100m butterfly final Men's 100m breaststroke final Women's 400m freestyle final Men's 4 x 100 freestle relay final The Swimming finals will be held in the late evening in Rio (10pm start local time) which will mean they'll be shown from about 11am AEST. The swimming finals are held during the first week. The large majority of the Track & Field finals will be held in the evening (8pm) in Rio (about 9am AEST) with about another 10 finals held in the morning (marathons, walks etc) The track & field events are being held during the 2nd week. The Rowing finals will be shown from 8.30am local time (9.30pm AEST) beginning from the first Wednesday of the games (August 10) The Track Cycling finals will be held from 4pm local time (5am AEST) beginning from the first first Friday of the games (August 12) Daily schedule from NBC.com ... although the site is US based, the website does convert the event times to AEST and is easy to read. All the events are listed in chronological order. Channel 7 are also doing a highlights type show/package from 7pm - 9pm every night ('In Rio Today')

The best 5 drama's I've seen in the last few years are as follows ... True Detective Fargo Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul Mr Robot Orphan Black But you may or may not like any or all of them nutbean. It's all very subjective. I'm not a 'Game of Thrones' fan but I know people who are and they also like or love some or all of the shows that I listed. Homeland and House of Cards are first rate drama's too ... but again, it's just my opinion. Pick of the bunch is True Detective season 1 and all 5 seasons of Breaking Bad. The first season of 'Stranger Things' is great family entertainment as well. My rule of thumb is to watch at least the first 3 episodes of a new show. Or, seeing as you're going to be in Italy in your travels you could get into the swing of things with this quality Italian drama series ... Gomorrah ... the show is quite gritty and realistic and compares quite favourably with 'The Sopranos' .

Found this documentary (the youtube link below) ... a comprehensive account of the East German systemic steroid program in the 1970's. However, it could be argued that the steroid program started sometime in the 60's. The East Germans started winning a disproportionate amount of medals from the 1968 Mexico games onwards. After winning a total of 25 medals in 1968 (9 gold) the East German tallies were as follows ... 1972 (66 medals, 20 gold) 1976 (90 medals, 40 gold) 1980 (126 medals, 47 gold) 1988 (102 medals, 37 gold) This from a country with a population of around about 16-17 million (during those times) The Russians were getting similar huge hauls of medals at those same Olympics. Australia won 1 silver & 4 bronze at the 1976 games. Many Australians were bitterly disappointed with that medal haul and thus the AIS was formed. Of course, we had no inkling of the extent of the cheating going on back then although there was a lot of suspicion surrounding the East Germans & the Russians. Little or no testing was being carried out too. Anyway, here's the documentary ... Doping Scandal of East Germany of the 1970's

I'll post the Saturday/Sunday events up now but will probably bump it up again on Saturday. It looks like channel 7 are devoting all 4 of their channels to the Olympics (apart from when the footy or news coverage intervenes) So there's a good chance we'll be able to see a number of the team events involving Australia in their entirety. All times are AEST. Thursday August 4th (morning) 4.00am Women's Soccer ......... Matildas vs Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday August 6th (morning) 9.00am Special event .............. The Opening Ceremony Saturday August 6th (evening) 9.30pm Rowing ....................... Heats 10.30pm Men's Road Cycling ... Men's Road Race --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday August 7th (morning) 2.00am Swimming ................... Heats 2.30am Men's Hockey ............. Kookaburras vs New Zealand 2.30am Women's Rugby 7's ... Pearls vs Colombia 3.15am Men's Basketball ........ Boomers vs France 6.30am Women's Basketball ... Opals vs Brazil 7.00am Women's Soccer ........ Matildas vs Germany 7.30am Women's Rugby 7's ... Pearls vs Fiji 9.30am Women's Hockey ....... Hockeyroos vs Great Britain 9.50am Men's Waterpolo ........ Sharks vs Brazil 11.00am Swimming Finals ....... Men's 400 IM final Women's 400 IM final Men's 400M freestyle final Women's 4 x 100 freestyle relay final Sunday August 7th (evening) 9.30pm Rowing ...................... Repechages The Swimming finals will be held in the late evening in Rio (10pm start local time) which will mean they'll be shown from about 11am AEST. The swimming finals are held during the first week. The large majority of the Track & Field finals will be held in the evening (8pm) in Rio (about 9am AEST) with about another 10 finals held in the morning (marathons, walks etc) The track & field events are being held during the 2nd week. The Rowing finals will be shown from 8.30am local time (9.30pm AEST) beginning from the first Wednesday of the games (August 10) The Track Cycling finals will be held from 4pm local time (5am AEST) beginning from the first first Friday of the games (August 12) Daily schedule from NBC.com ... although the site is US based, the website does convert the event times to AEST and is easy to read. All the events are listed in chronological order.

Thanks for the reminder TD ... I'd completely forgotten. The game is on 7mate and coverage starts at 1.50am. Fairly sure the Matildas/Canada game is on at 4am though. Let the games begin (early)

Found this article from 2015 in which Mr Richard Pound talks about the pending exposé on the Russian Federation ... he also talks about the dismay he feels about PED use in general. ‘We will never end doping, despite our small victories’ My take on this is if a Country (Russia) embarks on a PED program with sophisticated techniques on how to do it all without getting caught, shouldn't we then be apportioning a large percentage of the blame on the Country that is perpetuating the systemic program? Of course it's not the whole country of Russia ... more so their sports administrators and hierarchy with those higher up probably involved as well. The athletes themselves may or may not be willing participants. What happens to the athletes who say no?

Yeah, you've got me on the Doc/Dank bit Ted ... we just never really heard about the actual details but we can presuppose what those details might have been It was a swift departure, all the same. I'm often intrigued how these stories that should be stories just go away without a great deal of investigation ... although the standard of investigative sports journalism in this country isn't all that great so we shouldn't be too surprised. Plus, there are vested interests and all that. Most people I spoke to about the EFC drug scandal were completely in the dark about the details right throughout ... we here at 'land were much better informed because of the various threads that surrounded the affair.