Paris 2024 Olympics Thread - 11th August (pg 430)

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I think their King decided to name it after himself… might be wrong. I think the capital of Kazakhstan’s has a similar thing going on. It holds the record for name changes because rulers keep naming it after themselves.

Thanks. Must cost a fortune to change the currency etc.

Imagine waking up and your country is called something different!

 

[MCFC1993]

Murray and Evans just won't die, if they comeback here it would be a miracle.

 

[jimharri]

Top marks
Teine out of teine for that piece of information

I'm a mine of useless useful information.

 

[MCFC1993]

Re my earlier comments on here about race “walking”, this picture says it all

Been saying for a while now that it's become the 'can you get away with running race'.

So many slo-mo shots show runners completely off of the ground.

 

[bluemc1]

I’m not really making a statement on the competition rules or what they should be. I think if people have elevated testosterone levels or some other biological advantage there should probably be some kind of guideline for that. That seems overtly sensible. The IOC has probably created this situation by not introducing that kind of guideline. Nobody is out here claiming men should be boxing women.

I’m simply highlighting the brazen hypocrisy and stupidity of the people who have insisted vagina = woman until they were blue in the face and now all of a sudden have some new found appreciation that biology can actually be a bit more complicated than that.

The whole discussion is entirely theoretical anyway. Because there are zero people assigned as male at birth competing in female events.

But I can’t have a problem with people saying vagina = woman because it does
Would it be stupidity to correct people who said humans have 2 arms and 2 legs because some people aren’t that way
Less than 1% of the population are intersex is it ?

I know you’re only trying to be balanced and see both sides but it’s complete madness this whole men in women’s sports thing

 

[Vienna_70]

Evans and Murray are still fighting.

 

[jimharri]

Murray and Evans just won't die, if they comeback here it would be a miracle.

The crowd do seem to be with the British pair. Whether it's just more "pro Europe, anti America" sentiment or not, I'm not sure.

 

[mexico1970]

So; "Sen", it is.

Do we honestly believe that the French pronounce the river Mersey in a norther accent?

I haven't heard many people talk in a New York accent when they mention New York.

:)

 

[Blue Maverick]

But I can’t have a problem with people saying vagina = woman because it does
Would it be stupidity to correct people who said humans have 2 arms and 2 legs because some people aren’t that way
Less than 1% of the population are intersex is it ?

I know you’re only trying to be balanced and see both sides but it’s complete madness this whole men in women’s sports thing

Saying that there’s 11 fannies at the swamp each week

 

[MCFC1993]

Murray and Evans finally out.

Can't say they didn't battle but that was a step too far.