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Paris Olympic Games 2024

By EastAnglianFox, in General Football and Sport

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Facecloth

Facecloth

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Put the 20km walking on this morning. This is still slower and shorter than the walk to the average Wetherspoons toilet.

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Lionator

Lionator

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1 hour ago, Facecloth said:

Put the 20km walking on this morning. This is still slower and shorter than the walk to the average Wetherspoons toilet.

It’s mental though because they get it done in around 85-90 minutes which is way faster than your average person could run similar distance. 

Facecloth

Facecloth

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7 minutes ago, Lionator said:

It’s mental though because they get it done in around 85-90 minutes which is way faster than your average person could run similar distance. 

Yeah it's crazy. As funny as it looks it's impressive. The discipline to not break into a run in amazing too. Don't they have to have one foot on the floor at all times?

leicsmac

leicsmac

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6 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Looks like another medal .

 

Bronze ?

 

4 minutes ago, FoyleFox said:

Yes, bronze for the Men's 4.

Piss poor start cost them a better medal there, but not a bad result.

 

How many more rowing events are there? That and the cycling might be good chances to boost the medal count more.

purpleronnie

purpleronnie

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16 hours ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Unfortunately it's the USA's Fritz & Paul in the QF for Murray & Evans. That's going to be a really tough ask.

Yeah I would usually say no chance, but this is murray.

 

So I'll say no chance.

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Detroit Blues

Detroit Blues

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28 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

8 more so hopefully more medals .

 

Unsurprisingly this is casing a lot of controversy.


https://x.com/lara_e_brown/status/1818960147965780001/photo/1

 

This is a really popular topic in right wing circles who believe Trans women are destroying women's sports. Unfortunately for Imane, she was lumped into this category, regardless of if she really fits that narrative. 

 

1) Imane Khelif does not identify as trans. She's a Muslim woman from Algeria. 

2) The gender test she failed was a XY chromosome test. Scientists have argued against this type of testing, and it has been out of favor for decades. They now favor hormone testing for Testosterone levels, which is the hormone that allows men to develop more muscle mass than women. 

3) The organization that banned her was the IBA. The IBA was banned from running boxing tournaments in the Olympics due to governance issues and ethics scandals. The IOC took over running the testing/judging of the event, of which Imane was cleared to compete.

 

Unfortunately these things are just not really as black and white as people would like it to be. Some people are born with XXY chromosomes and some people are born intersex, etc. The concerns conservatives have about people who are born as biological men, who later have sexual reassignment surgery and hormonal therapy, and then choose to compete against people who are born as biological women is not without merits. It just does not fit this particular case, and unfortunately people on the internet do not favor nuanced opinions and would rather paint athletes like Imane with a broad brush to fit their political narrative. It causes a lot of pain for these athletes, who are brandished as evil men who are preying upon women for the glory of athletic achievement. Simply look at the twitter replies to the link you provided. 

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CrispinLA in Texas

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Which one looks like a woman and which one looks like a man.....Italian boxes quits after 45seconds after a hit by powerful blows by the Algerian. Legalised beating of a woman live on TV.....you couldn't make it up!

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Raj

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31 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said:

Which one looks like a woman and which one looks like a man.....Italian boxes quits after 45seconds after a hit by powerful blows by the Algerian. Legalised beating of a woman live on TV.....you couldn't make it up!

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Khelif, who failed a testosterone test at last year's World Championships, was allowed to compete despite being banned from a gold-medal bout in Delhi by the International Boxing Association.

 

How the feck was she/they them  even allowed to compete in the Olympics? farcical

 

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Lionator

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54 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said:

Which one looks like a woman and which one looks like a man.....Italian boxes quits after 45seconds after a hit by powerful blows by the Algerian. Legalised beating of a woman live on TV.....you couldn't make it up!

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What does it matter what they look like? Fatima Whitbread has masculine features, doesn’t mean she’s a bloke does it? 
 

Maybe the IOC screwed up and maybe the Italian just got beaten by a better boxer. They’re in the same weight category so it’s hardly like they’ve put a heavyweight in with a lightweight. 
 

People are just jumping on it because they’re raging transphobes. Yes it’s complicated but people are just plain rude.

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Raj

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2 minutes ago, Lionator said:

What does it matter what they look like? Fatima Whitbread has masculine features, doesn’t mean she’s a bloke does it? 
 

Maybe the IOC screwed up and maybe the Italian just got beaten by a better boxer. They’re in the same weight category so it’s hardly like they’ve put a heavyweight in with a lightweight. 
 

People are just jumping on it because they’re raging transphobes. Yes it’s complicated but people are just plain rude.

Or maybe as stated above its because one boxer actually FAILED a testosterone test in their sports governing body and was banned  by the International Boxing Association?

But hey don't let facts get in the way of you trying to get some goody points hey!!!:thumbup:

 

 

 

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Lionator

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3 minutes ago, Raj said:

Or maybe as stated above its because one boxer actually FAILED a testosterone test in their sports governing body and was banned  by the International Boxing Association?

But hey don't let facts get in the way of you trying to get some goody points hey!!!:thumbup:

 

 

 

I literally said the IOC screwed up. I’m talking about the horrible personal attacks that this poor Algerian woman has to go through, through no fault of her own. 

Raj

Raj

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7 minutes ago, Lionator said:

I literally said the IOC screwed up. I’m talking about the horrible personal attacks that this poor Algerian woman has to go through, through no fault of her own. 

 Sorry but im not sure about the comment "maybe the Italian just got beaten by a better boxer"

 

Beaten by a boxer who shouldn't even be in the games more like.

 

Anyway, i think we are more or less on the same path,(For foxestalk anyway!)

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ClaphamFox

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13 minutes ago, Lionator said:

I literally said the IOC screwed up. I’m talking about the horrible personal attacks that this poor Algerian woman has to go through, through no fault of her own. 

Are you quite sure about that?

Raj

Raj

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4 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Are you quite sure about that?

Oh no you didn't did you!!

 

(Glad it was you.........takes cover!!!)

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Tommy G

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31 minutes ago, Trent Steel said:

christ this power walking nonsense is the most boring thing i've watched at the olympics so far

I think I saw a bloke do the CR7 celebration when he won earlier, it was early this morning and my eyes might of been playing tricks on me but I'm pretty sure he did, really weird.

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