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Post by bracknellboy on Aug 13, 2024 6:39:34 GMT
Break Dancing out for 2028 Baseball, softball, Cricket, flag football ( Thats US football not Soccer ), squash and lacrosse 6s in It's possible boxing will be droppedI've started thinking that it should be. A sport who's very raison d'etre is to do significant harm to you opponent doesn't fit well with the Olympics, IMHO. Its different to the martial arts based sports that are in. still not a fan of having tennis, golf, football in there. These are sports which have huge presence on the world wide stage already. They don't need the Olympics, and the Olympics is bigger and doesn't need them.
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Post by benaj on Aug 13, 2024 7:36:19 GMT
I have a feeling the world champion wants to be world champion again in 2028.
It’s quite embarrassing the Team USA didn’t get the most models in shooting despite high number of gun ownerships and shooting incidents.
Even Lyles at one point said the World Champion of What before the Paris Olympics started.
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Post by adrianc on Aug 13, 2024 8:11:36 GMT
It’s quite embarrassing the Team USA didn’t get the most models in shooting despite high number of gun ownerships and shooting incidents. But they're not used to requiring accuracy from a small number of shots. They're more used to emptying huge numbers of rounds from multiple semi-automatic weapons and hoping a primary school or two gets in the way.
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Post by bernythedolt on Aug 13, 2024 12:56:07 GMT
It’s quite embarrassing the Team USA didn’t get the most models in shooting despite high number of gun ownerships and shooting incidents. Possessing a lot of equipment (be it golf clubs, tennis racquets, hockey sticks, firearms...) isn't what makes a star. Over the years I've shot on the clay target circuit all over the country, I've had the pleasure of meeting, and competing against, a few Olympic and Commonwealth medallists, both from the UK and elsewhere. They've all been normal, very pleasant, down-to-earth people, but fiercely dedicated sportsmen/women who've honed their natural talent by continually practising, day after day, until breaking that clay becomes second nature. Some hit the gym, some even undergo psychological training to control their temperament, but practice, practice, practice by far counts for the most. To practise needs access to an Olympic standard shooting facility and that, rather than the level of gun ownership, is the limiting factor, followed by the funding/sponsorship to afford the level of practice required. One of the lads, Ed Ling, was fortunate enough that his father even built a full Olympic Trap layout on his Somerset farm for him to practise on privately - a six figure undertaking! We mere mortals cannot compete against that. Ed went on brilliantly to win a Bronze for GB at Rio, amongst many other world ranking achievements. These sportsmen are a world away from the US redneck imbeciles who run amok with their terrifying arsenals.
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Post by benaj on Aug 15, 2024 14:36:43 GMT
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Post by overthehill on Aug 15, 2024 18:30:58 GMT
"President Thomas Bach said last week that the IOC "does not like the uncertainty"
but suggested there is no "scientifically solid system" to "identify men and women"."
What a load of political BS from a male dominated corrupt to the bone organisation. If it was men who were somehow being disadvantaged by women there would be uproar and task forces. He obviously doesn't have any balls so that should make him eligible for women's tournaments. We'll use scientists as cover as they can't tell the difference between a man and woman but they are quite good at saving 100's of millions of lives or telling us what was happening 400M years after the big bang.
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Post by keitha on Aug 15, 2024 20:04:29 GMT
So let's have equality
all events open to anyone
oh and equal pay for all sporting events etc, when particularly in the case of tennis ladies start to play best of 5 sets
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Post by Nomad on Aug 16, 2024 9:22:38 GMT
So let's have equality all events open to anyone oh and equal pay for all sporting events etc, when particularly in the case of tennis ladies start to play best of 5 sets No! The best thing about women's tennis is that the match duration is usually no more than that of a football match (my maximum attention span).
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Post by Greenwood2 on Aug 16, 2024 11:22:12 GMT
So let's have equality all events open to anyoneoh and equal pay for all sporting events etc, when particularly in the case of tennis ladies start to play best of 5 sets Results adjusted for testosterone level? Or is the intention to ban women from competing at a high level in all physical sports? But there will be no women in tennis where there is prize money??? But I'm sure they practise enough hours at a time to do five sets. Like women were not allowed to do the longer distance running events for a long time because apparently they wouldn't be able to run that far.
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Post by benaj on Aug 16, 2024 11:40:51 GMT
Men always have things easy. There’s no periods for men, unless they were born “differently”
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Post by keitha on Aug 16, 2024 13:39:26 GMT
So let's have equality all events open to anyoneoh and equal pay for all sporting events etc, when particularly in the case of tennis ladies start to play best of 5 sets Results adjusted for testosterone level? Or is the intention to ban women from competing at a high level in all physical sports? But there will be no women in tennis where there is prize money??? But I'm sure they practise enough hours at a time to do five sets. Like women were not allowed to do the longer distance running events for a long time because apparently they wouldn't be able to run that far. No but surely equality means just that. equal treatment etc etc
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Post by Greenwood2 on Aug 16, 2024 15:28:29 GMT
Results adjusted for testosterone level? Or is the intention to ban women from competing at a high level in all physical sports? But there will be no women in tennis where there is prize money??? But I'm sure they practise enough hours at a time to do five sets. Like women were not allowed to do the longer distance running events for a long time because apparently they wouldn't be able to run that far. No but surely equality means just that. equal treatment etc etc But men and women are not equal physically, if you look at the elite men and women in physical sports the men are bigger, stronger and are able to beat the best women fairly easily, men's bodies develop differently during puberty giving a lasting advantage over women at that end of the spectrum.
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Post by keitha on Aug 16, 2024 15:53:40 GMT
No but surely equality means just that. equal treatment etc etc But men and women are not equal physically, if you look at the elite men and women in physical sports the men are bigger, stronger and are able to beat the best women fairly easily, men's bodies develop differently during puberty giving a lasting advantage over women at that end of the spectrum. So by that argument ( and I agree with it ) anyone who goes through puberty as a male should compete in male events. Example I can think of a Rugby player wins the hardest tackler award for a mens team the next year he transitions and promptly puts 3 opposition players in hospital. And the US swimmer who was ranked nearly 300 in mens college teams 2 years later number one woman
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