Under an alias at Tokyo Olympics, Russians thwart IOC’s plan to humiliate them

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The hosts co-led the medal table as of Thursday night, but are still experiencing a miserable go of it elsewhere.. China is steamrolling, but they have become the paranoid cousin at international holiday gatherings – constantly on high alert for insults. Everyone else is muddling along.ROC flag bearers Sofya Velikaya and Maxim Mikhaylov lead the delegation in the opening ceremony July 23.Now we don’t mean “Russia” Russia.

To be clear – they may seem Russian to you, but these people are not “Russia.” They were born in Russia. They live in Russia. They speak Russian, have Russian passports and are wearing the Russian colours. However, not Russian.Russian fencer Larisa Korobeynikova celebrates after winning against Italy's Alice Volpi in the women's foil individual bronze-medal match on July 25.The point of the measures imposed on Russia – no name, no flag, no anthem – is humiliation.

When you think of the classic Olympics, the Olympics at its peak, it’s the Olympics of the 1970s and 1980s. East vs. West. Unbeatable, anonymous, pot-bellied weightlifters vs. American pin-ups like Mark Spitz. The Soviet machine vs. the libertines of Hollywood. Total insensitivity to what others want or expect from them acts as a shield. Russia doesn’t care what you call them, or how you dress them. Winning is their business and business is, well, not great, but pretty, pretty good.

What a joke, no real consequences for Russia’s actions. Olympicfail

Russians, Ukrainians, anyone else will not be humiliated. I can't believe the audacity some people have to decide who's in the right and in the wrong. Look at the doping and mental health issues in the US camp to start.

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