"Tie Break System Decides Olympiad" (article)

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I think the system is flawed from another perspective, that being that regardless of your origin you can simply join a federation and play for it. For example Naiditch is from Latvia (Riga) played for Germany and now he plays for Azerbaijan??? Wesley So is Filipino and yet he moves to America and that makes him eligible to play for America??? same with the US ladies team, Irina Krush is Russian (now Ukraine), Nazi Paikidze is Georgian, same with Anna Zatonskih (Ukranian) and Katarina Nemcova (Czech) This practice should be made illegal. If you are not born in a country or have no links through paternal or maternal lineage then you should not be eligible to represent that country.

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I agree that the system is a little mad, but had they not left off the worst team when doing the calculation then because the US beat Andorra 4-0 (who finished 103rd with 10 points) they would have an extra 40 points, enough to leave them just ahead of Ukraine who get an extra 48 points from Jordan, so the knocking the last one off rule didn't actually change the result.

Originally posted by sh76
Deciding the result of a major tournament on tie-breakers is almost as dumb as deciding the soccer World Cup on penalty kicks.

In the event of a tie, they should play more games to break the tie.

In football (soccer) you have extra time and only after that period is it decided on penalty kicks. The point is that for players and organisers there has to be a decisive result.

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Yes I would indeed object to Victor Korchnoi playing for Switzerland, he is not Swiss he is Russian. Imagine if the same thing happened in football, or rugby, it would make a mockery of nationality. Victor should have hoisted the Jolly Roger instead of that fake Swiss flag! The idea that Mohamed Farah is a British athlete is also ludicrous. He's no more British than Spaghetti Bolognese. You are either a son of the soil or you are not.

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He claimed Scottish nationality by virtue of his lineage, just as Aussies and Kiwis can play for the Scotland rugby team if the can prove their lineage.😵