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Post by dohnut on Aug 4, 2024 17:29:36 GMT
The IOC has been clear on this. The IBA has not. If you want clarification, ignore what the IBA has to say until they substantiate their claims. Until they do there is no reason to believe the cases of Khelif and Yu-Ting are equivalent to the Caster Semenya case. Yes, there are gender issues in sport that need further consideration, but do Khelif and Yu-Ting have anything to do with that? At the moment there's no serious evidence to suggest that they might be. Totally accept what you say about the IBA. But what it has done, even for dubious reasons, is highlight an issue that needs addressing for the sake of everyone, including the boxers themselves. The only reason I recalled the Semenya case was due to the IAAF case and they were, as far as I am aware, a respectable body. Their conclusions I believe remain part of the sporting requirements to this day. Raised testosterone offers an unfair advantage. It is their conclusion and not the IBA that questions the boxers. It needs to be resolved and by the IOC. |
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Post by Thor on Aug 4, 2024 20:14:52 GMT
What a 100m final that was. The commentator said it was the fastest ever race over that distance. I think last place 9.92 unreal speed.
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Post by brentwoodo on Aug 5, 2024 18:02:59 GMT
Here we go, first final in the Velodrome and it’s a Gold for us in the cycling. 👏 🥇
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Post by brentwoodo on Aug 5, 2024 19:52:52 GMT
Gold medal 🥇 for Keely Hodgkinson in the women’s 800 metres 🇬🇧! 🥳
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Post by mrb on Aug 5, 2024 19:55:10 GMT
Fantastic run..Well done her
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Post by Fisch on Aug 5, 2024 20:36:16 GMT
New WR in the pole vault, 6.25m by a Swede called Deplantis
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Post by Thor on Aug 6, 2024 16:20:40 GMT
Sky Brown wins a bronze medal in skateboarding. What surprised me was the love they all had for each other! All supporting each other, amazing sportsmanship.
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Post by mujtahido on Aug 6, 2024 17:17:03 GMT
Sky Brown wins a bronze medal in skateboarding. What surprised me was the love they all had for each other! All supporting each other, amazing sportsmanship. I watched it and it was great to see the young kids really enjoying themselves |
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Post by Thor on Aug 6, 2024 19:44:02 GMT
Sky Brown wins a bronze medal in skateboarding. What surprised me was the love they all had for each other! All supporting each other, amazing sportsmanship. I watched it and it was great to see the young kids really enjoying themselves what skills they had as well. |
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Post by brentwoodo on Aug 7, 2024 14:21:36 GMT
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Post by brentwoodo on Aug 8, 2024 9:32:07 GMT
No Gold medals for the past two days 😢
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2024 9:37:14 GMT
No Gold medals for the past two days 😢 Ling has a lot to answer for. |
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Post by brentwoodo on Aug 9, 2024 12:37:32 GMT
Gold yesterday in Kite Sailing and one today in rock climbing, neither of which I knew were Olympic sports. And tonight, I kid you not we have break dancing. You heard that correctly.
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Post by Thor on Aug 9, 2024 14:00:28 GMT
Gold yesterday in Kite Sailing and one today in rock climbing, neither of which I knew were Olympic sports. And tonight, I kid you not we have break dancing. You heard that correctly. Better get my matt out and start practising my helicopter! My head spinning and my worm! If a 51 years old skater can still do it then we can still hit the floor! Just might not be able to get up! Ha ha |
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Post by billk53 on Aug 9, 2024 16:18:01 GMT
Bring back tug o' war!
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Post by MungO on Aug 9, 2024 19:43:33 GMT
See that fella climb up the wall 👍
That's top Olympicking that is.
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Post by Fisch on Aug 9, 2024 22:04:29 GMT
Who got the gold in the mixed shopping discipline?
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Post by orientsc on Aug 10, 2024 13:10:40 GMT
The Australian lady break dancer is, IMHO, the most courageous and audacious Olympian ever. The Gods high atop Mt. Olympus are in awe I am sure.
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Post by brentwoodo on Aug 11, 2024 15:52:47 GMT
Not a great Olympics for Team GB. I expected a lot more Golds, especially since the Russians were banned. A total of 65 medals, just beating Tokyo and the target was 50-70. But only 14 Golds, our lowest total since Athens twenty years ago.
We came 7th in the medal table, behind the Netherlands for flips sake.
Cycling and Boxing fell well short. Someone at the BOA head quarters needs to address our ‘relative’ decline.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2024 19:02:03 GMT
Not that bothered. The medal table largely just shows who's currently dominating in the sports that give out a lot of medals. Invest in swimming, basically.
The Netherlands got more golds than us because they were particularly strong in two sports where we can usually be expected to pick up most of our golds: rowing and cycling.
We got the third most medals. I'm not sure if it's still true today, but a few days ago we had medals in more sports than any other country.
That seems pretty healthy to me. Money is being invested in a broad range of sports, not just the few that might buff our Olympic rankings.
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