crane fall our sports desk jonathan at the athletes have been parading and dancing around in the pic and the big stadium but then there was a last minute decision and a change of heart it seems and the a it was no russians like why did the i.o.c. do that i think there was some degree of nervousness among some i.o.c. members to lift russians there at the closing ceremony so in the end the decision was unanimous to keep it in place for now at least now this of course is because of the state sponsored doping scandal that was uncovered at such a four years ago as a result we've had one hundred sixty eight russian athletes competing at these games as neutrals on the via lympics lack there was always this carrot dangling in front of them this far stretch read statement effectively that if you behave yourself if you abide by the rules then we would reinstate you but unfortunately a cheap positive doping tests have really stuck to russia for now which is why i think we had the decision but crucially. if there are no more violations then russia will be reinstated and that's bad news really fo

crane fall our sports desk jonathan at the athletes have been parading and dancing around in the pic and the stadium but then there was a last minute decision and a change of heart it seems and the a it was no rush of like why did the i.o.c. do that i think there was some degree of nervousness among some i.o.c. members to lift rushes and ban at the closing ceremony so in the end the decision was unanimous to keep it in place for now at least now this of course is because of the state sponsored doping scandal that was uncovered at sochi four years ago as a result we've had one hundred sixty eight russian athletes competing at these games as neutral as under the olympic flag there is always this carrot dangling in front of them this far stretch restatement effect to be that if you behave yourself if you abide by the rules then we would reinstate you but unfortunately to post of doping tests have really stop adopt for russia for now which is why i think we had the decision but crucially if there are no more violations then russia will be reinstated and that's bad news really for people

crane from austin thanks for joining us. but the one thing we didn't see a week at the closing ceremony was the russian flag why was that that's because the just the i.c. voted today to uphold the ban russians and then paid no of course that stemmed from state sponsored doping that was uncovered at the sochi olympics in twenty fourteen a unanimous decision we can see that a show of hands at the i.o.c. meeting now that resulted in the kind of political compromise this one hundred sixty eight russian athletes were competing as neutrals at these games under the olympic track but there was always this carrot dangling for them at the end whether they would actually be able to have their own flag closing ceremony now whether the whispers were positive that the russian athletes were behaving themselves abiding by the ban and then of course we had to doping violations towards the end of the games by russian athletes so i think that's really why the i.o.c. changed tack but if we don't see any more violations it's probably unlikely no

crane from i was forced us thanks for joining us so well so be seeing be a fifth parading around at the you know olympic stadium for the closing ceremony as we've said but we want to be hearing the russian i'm. seeing the flag why is that yes we won't be because the i see today has voted to keep russia's and then take back and in place now it was a unanimous decision edith we hope you will see it coming out i see as the sticks together in these kind of decisions as thomas backed the i.o.c. president a big show of hands that this was all stemming from one hundred sixty eight athletes from russia competing at these games as neutrals under the olympic flag now that was because states. such games in twenty fourteen i go to people actually thought russia should have had a blanket ban should have been. taking part in the games of tool but the i.c.'s decision in december kind of paved the way for russia reinstatement that we may have been seeing that flak and hearing their anthem at the closing ceremony the ice has been monitoring their behavior to see if they are abiding by the ban there

well joining me now for more on this story is jonathan crane from d.w. sports jonathan this story it's been going back and forth since the court of arbitration reduced the sentences last week was this expected outcome i think it's been very hard to predict right from the get go but i'm sure the i.o.c. now are breathing a big sigh of relief because this story really has overshadowed the build up to these in the mix like it did before the games two years ago that i think they i see will be very happy go celebrate this is a win because they've got what they want the athletes from russia who they want to compete will compete and the ones they suspect of doping won't be competing now with the russian lawyers argue to cast that the i.c.c. criteria and that's ability for these games were unfairly discriminated against individual athletes but the i.o.c. has always maintained even if someone wasn't banned for doping that doesn't guarantee an invite to the games and as were hits harry the court of arbitration the sport agreed with what the i.o.c. said the concentr

and we have a jonathan crane a from good abuse for it's with us for more on this story hi jonathan. opening ceremonies are usually pretty pretty spectacular how have these gone so far it's been is visually impressive as we were hoping for i think as you say that or spectacular started off with a fireworks display which is somewhat unusual it's kind of been an opening ceremony in reverse because then we had a bit of a show. show also with some symbolism five children joining a giant white tiger on stage in a real tiger obviously a puppet on the quest for peace and peace is playing a big role in these games and then the countries came out in korea in alphabetical order so that nigeria was one of the first countries on the nigeria is very interesting because they're being represented for the first time by the slates even if it's the first ever boats they team from africa to compete in the winter olympics honestly africa's really have the climate suits winter sports speaking of climate we've made a lot of the weather as well not as cold as people were paps fearing people worried that it

well for more on this development let's bring in jonathan crane from d.w. sports hey jonathan does this decision come as a surprise to be honest terry not really i think when the i.o.c. decided on sunday that it wasn't going to lift the ban for now to have russian athletes marching on their own flag of the closing ceremony it was always going to be a temporary thing because they did say that if they were not for the drug tests failed start test then russia would be reinstated and i think they would have reinstated russia for the closing ceremony if it hadn't been for the two failed tests that you mentioned there a cutter and a bobsled because ever since the i.o.c. decided in december that they would allow one hundred sixty eight russian athletes to compete as neutrals at the challenger lympics it's always kind of already paved the way for this decision to bring russia back in from the cold ok so you've got a bunch of russian athletes competing in pilling chang and they're apparently cleaning is that really enough for the international olympic committee to s

packed the story a little bit to do that i'm joined by jonathan crane from our sports desk good to have you on the show so was this decision a big surprise interest for and i don't think it was i think it was always going to be a case of if and when and if the russian ban was lifted we've been building up to this really ever since the i.o.c. decided to allow one hundred sixty eight russian athletes to compete as neutral as this kind of indicated a reinstatement was maybe on the cards sooner rather than later and i think actually we would have seen them marching on the growing flag of the closing ceremony had it not been for those to. really kind of change the i.c.c. thinking to some extent i think a lot of. members that would fear a backlash a bit of nervousness about reinstating russia because they had been impressed by the behavior of. the few russian athletes that did compete in the young winter games they were apparently clean so was it really enough for the i.o.c. to justify lifting the space lever i think for the i.o.c. right from the start had been not preventing clean athletes u

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crane from database sports thank you very much for bringing us up to date you're welcome. now these games also have historical political aspect as we were hearing a high level government delegation from the north as attending these opening ceremonies officials from young including here you see kim jong the sister of north korean leader kim jong il she is the first member of the north's ruling dynasty to visit the south officially the two countries are still at war but these olympics appear to have started to thaw in relations at the opening ceremony athletes from the two countries as we've heard will walk side by side under a unity flag and correspondent jason strother is covering all of this for us he joins us on the line hi jason tell us more about kim jong and why her visit to south korea is so important. precisely because she is the first member of the kids emilee to make it down here to the south you know there has been surprise there was a lot of surprise when kim jong moon her big brother said that he wanted to send that flee to south korea to participate in these g

are going to impact the story a little bit to do that i'm joined by jonathan crane from our sports just good to have you on the show so was this decision a big surprise interest for and i don't think it was i think it was always going to be a case of if not if the ban was lifted we've been building up to this really ever since the i.o.c. decided to allow one hundred sixty eight russian athletes to compete as neutral as this kind of indicated a reinstatement was maybe on the cards sooner rather than later and i think actually we would have seen them. marching on the drawing flag of the closing ceremony had it not been for those two. that really kind of changed the i.c.c. thinking to some extent i think a lot of members that would favor a backlash a bit of nervousness about reinstating russia because they had been impressed by the behavior of. the few russian athletes that did compete in the young winter games they were apparently clean so was it really enough for the eye you see to justify lifting the. lever i think for the i.o.c. right from the start have been not preventing clean athle

crane from. jonathan now there was a lot of an exciting finish to the ribbons snowboard cross fun but bad news for a legend of the sport to a small indeed and reach for the snowboard cross always produces lots of thrills and spills i like to think of it as formula one on. a competitor is often so close to each other lots of jumps we can see here as they go into the course not how fun stop they are no wonder then we often see lots of collisions now the interesting back stories of this one the legend are talking about american lindsey jackie ballast she's won so many world championships extreme against hearts was never the olympic gold that she was in contention for much of this but look how close that finishes to us. please see them wiping out on the light it was won by fleas mckayla more yesterday she ever took jack about midway through the course so unfortunately jack about it still is not one of limpid goat she's thirty two now so it's unlikely should get another chance in beijing and for this

well for more on this development let's bring in jonathan crane from d.w. sports hey jonathan does this decision come as a surprise to be honest terry not really i think when the i.o.c. decided on sunday that it wasn't going to lift the ban for now to have russian athletes marching on their own flag at the closing ceremony it was always going to be a temporary thing because they did say that if they were not for the drug tests failed strike test then russia would be reinstated and i think they would have reinstated russia for the closing ceremony if it hadn't been for the two failed contests that you mentioned there a cutter and a bobsled because ever since the i.o.c. decided in december that they would allow one hundred sixty eight russian athletes to compete as neutrals. from the pics it's always kind of already paved the way for this decision to bring russia back in from colds ok so you've got a bunch of russian athletes competing in pilling chang and they're apparently cleaning is that really enough for the international olympic committee to say ok russ

well for more on this development let's bring in jonathan crane from d.w. sports hey jonathan this is decision come as a surprise to be honest terry not really i think when the i.o.c. decided on sunday that it wasn't going to lift the ban for now to have russian athletes marching on their own flag at the closing ceremony it was always going to be a temporary thing because they did say that if they were not for the drug tests failed start test then russia would be reinstated and i think they would have reinstated russia for the closing ceremony if it hadn't been for the two failed tests that you mentioned there a cutter and a bobsled down because ever since the i.o.c. decided in december that they would allow one hundred sixty eight russian athletes to compete as neutrals. from the pics it's henri's kind of already paved the way for this decision to bring russia back in from the cold ok so you've got a bunch of russian athletes competing in pilling chang and they're apparently clean is that really enough for the international olympic committee to say ok russ

well here to talk about all this is jonathan crane from d.w. sports agent this story's been back and forth all around since the court of arbitration first reduced the sentences last week was this the expected outcome i think we've come to expect the unexpected with this story but certainly the i.o.c. is breathing a massive sigh of relief because after days and weeks of uncertainty we do finally have some clarity and i think this will be seen as a win for the i.o.c. because it's essentially got its way those athletes that it wants to compete at the games are competing and those russians it doesn't want to commit the games on so in the end the cast was very clear cut there have been some rumors overnight that maybe some athletes would be allowed to compete others wouldn't so at least we do have that clarity let's not forget that there were two groups here those athletes who had that bans overturned by cast but also another group who hadn't been banned for doping they included the speed skating fix on a highly decorated speed skater so the reasons

well when it is wreaking havoc on the olympics and chang and jonathan crane is here from database for us to tell us more about the affects of this weather yes of course to me now we expect wintry conditions at the winter olympics there with the clear who's kind of in the title but the conditions of actually sparked a bit of talk about safety we've got some pictures to show you just how blustery really the conditions are impure on chatting winds of up to fifty mph when she was down to minus fifteen south is now several events really been postponed the men's downhill on sunday and so the women's giant slalom today a couple of alpine skiing events obviously the higher up the mountains you go the windier it is the i.o.c. has come out today and said look we're never going to jeopardize the safety of our athletes also asked about whether the olympics would need to be extended because of the cancellations but they said no we've got some reserved time and buffer time so that should be a problem what are the athletes think of the condition of some of the athletes have been complaining about th

crane from sports that's welcome to you jonathan and then we have to talk about this day i mean because apparently germany finishing day three at the top of the medal table and a lot of it had to do with the by awful lot right yes biathlon and specifically lara dahl maya now one goals in the sprints event on saturday and she repeated her trick she won the the suits event today a fantastic performance from her loss she just was shooting really she was under pressure from survive is and the start of the cruise mean a better. performance on the skis was just about enough time to grab the frog at the end she won by nearly thirty seconds and she becomes the first woman ever to compete in the olympic biathlon sprints and pursuit began perhaps you could go to mass start race on saturday no that would be no mean feat because biathlon is such a difficult event it combines insurance with position so if she can do that it would be a superb achievement absolutely and no surprise that she would win that because i mean she has just been that overwhelming favorite going into this but how about on the

crane from our sports desk good to have you on the show so was this decision a big surprise interest for and i don't think it was i think it was always going to be a case of if. if the russian ban was lifted we've been building up to this really ever since the i.o.c. decided to allow one hundred sixty eight russian athletes to compete as neutral as this kind of indicated a reinstatement was maybe on the cards sooner rather than mesa and i think actually we would have seen them marching on their own flag of the closing ceremony had it not been for those two. that really kind of changed the i see fit thinking to some extent i think a lot of members there. fear a backlash a bit of nervousness about reinstating russia because they had been impressed by the behavior of chan. an athlete did compete in the young winter games they were apparently clean so was it really enough for the i.o.c. to justify lifting the. lever i think for the i.o.c. right from the start have been not preventing clean athletes use their lifelong dream really was to compete and then pick games for not being able to t

we've heard it's day one of the olympics we have jonathan crane from sports with us here in studio to talk about the games they haven't officially opened yet jonathan but tell us what the big story of the day has been so far the big story simmias the story that's really overshadowed the build up to these games as it did really in rio two years ago and that's the question of russian participation now today cast the court of arbitration for sport has turned down the pier the forty seven russian athletes and coaches to be able to compete in the games now where they've been banned by the i.o.c. over state sponsored doping in sochi four years ago so this decision really is a vindication really for the i.o.c. at least it really draws the line in this episode because the russians have argued that their athletes should be allowed to compete and they were questioning the iron seas and legibility criteria for these athletes because not all of them have been banned for doping some haven't had those bonds overturned by the cast of the i.o.c. has maintained all along that it was up to it to decide

crane from last fall says is here to tell us all about the action that welcomes elton. one downhill skiing today i'm i still in the process what is that about yes the norwegian has become the oldest to ever win and the gold of mao pine events the five years old age is no barrier and he did it in the downhill which is the showpiece for the longest course high speed going up to eighty mph a point on this course you see that have a technique trying to build up the speed but sometimes it goes so fast they literally have to be thrown in. there is no stranger to success every good lookin flying for the he's got a string of big wins to his name including olimpico in the super g. twenty ten but he's had a lot of people writes him off because he got injured in twenty sixteen have tore his a.c.l. recommence in his knee he was the favorite in sochi in the downhill four years ago but he any finished fourth say he's shown a lot of mental strength to come back and now he's got his rewards he's got a lot of gold in the ribbon event and good on him on the other side of the age spectrum

crane. is here to tell us all about the action that welcomes elton. downhill skiing today i'm i still in the process what is that about yes the norwegian has become the oldest to ever win and the gold of mao prime events and the five years old age is no barrier and he didn't sound old which is the really long discourse high speed he's going. through our appoints on this course if you have a technique trying to build up a speed some of that goes so fast they literally have to be thrown into the. spindle is no stranger to success every guy looking in flying. he's got a string of big wins for his name including allen he called him a super g. twenty ten but he's had a lot of people write him off because he got injured in twenty sixteen tore his a.c.l. recommends in his knee he was the favorite in the downhill four years ago but he only finished fourth he's shown a lot of mental strength to come back and now he's got his rewards he's got a lot of gold in the ribbon events and good on him on the o

crane from the sports jonathan what's it look like it's looking very exciting brian this is when the competition really starts their hearts out for taking place this week for more next week that includes by munich's clash with basic tasks but it was a. whose side stole the headlines last night ok they did didn't they in manchester city one four nil in basel just how good were they i think for the rivals in this competition scarily good because this game was pretty much over badly of course for the way in a month since the city were three. about twenty three minutes three goals in the space of nine minutes now a basel a no slouch is in the champions league their opponents they actually beat manchester united the city's great rivals of course in the group stage but city just. barely got a sniff of the ball last night manchester city so ruthless in attack. agrarian getting amongst the goals and good news for the german national team because. i got a brace now going to gun missed much of last season through injury his coach. praised him off the match and said it was good to see him getti

to want to think they were two cracking games on sched you know on sunday jonathan crane from the sports desk is with me and welcome to you jonathan and both games because you're about trying to get a psychological edge of your rivals we need to talk more about this the first let's have an if the days early game pitted play this goes in again shock of both sides of the exceeded expectations in this campaign and this show done was done to be a good. two ambitious teams battling for the champions league laver cozen coach heiko hare lish looked skeptical at the start of the match he may have suspected the visitors were poised to pounce a long ball and get zero book style of beat panicky artist red sauce. one deal for shaka in the eleventh minute. the austrian made it look easy and served up a perfect finish. laverick goes in needed some time to bounce back liam bailey with a good chance after twenty minutes. both teams went all out laver cozens dominic cor going a bit too far here a second red card and the hosts were man down. after the restart shaka dug in at the back and threatened on the