The official 2024 Olympics thread.
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Huge difference. Mini golf takes absolutely no athleticism (not that golf is hugely athletic). But flag football is a very athletic sport.
Many of these second tier events are laughable, but they get a gold star on their fridge before they go back to doing whatever it is they do in the interim. When is the 3 meter paper football kicking contest or the 3x3 Rubik's Cube speed event? The Olympics of today are watered down trash for the most part.
1984....221 events in 21 sports.
2024...329 events in 32 "sports"
Of course, you want ratings, but seems like you can do both in prime time, e.g., in gymnastics, how about showing some of the other women from other countries who are in medal contention, instead of all the US routine, they did it in men's gymnastics when Japan and China were neck and neck for the gold medal.
That's what I meant by "and I know there are lots of places where you can watch the Olympics if you want to see stuff bad enough."
Here's the thing. When you're married and your wife wants you to watch the Olympics together, you're watching NBC and those sports whether you like it or not. (j/k ... those sports are fine. What they do is amazing.) It just gets rammed down your throat. I jokingly refer to it as NBC's Quadrennial Gymnastics and Swimming World Championships.
Yep…I did my undergrad at Bowling Green and we had IM broomball, ice hockey and curling. All fun as hell!
I was in college in the mid 90’s. It was a ton of fun…not many schools offer it now.
UKO's logic is consistent with his brand: semi-pro contrarian. 🤣
Italian female boxer abandons fight with Algerian boxer who just 1 year ago failed gender testing for the 2023 world championships. Saying her (should have said "his") punches hurt too much.
I'm sorry, this is ridiculous! There are obvious differences in men's heart size, lung capacity, bone density, height and reach, and muscle mass, to women's. No change in anatomical-junk is going to change those differences. Even with the muscle mass, sure hormone changes can make it more difficult for someone that is trying to become a female to gain muscle, but the muscle they had before the hormones-in-a-bottle doesn't just disappear. Maybe they have to work a little harder to retain it.
I would hate it for the "real" women who this is their one (or best) chance at competing in the Olympics. But I think it would make a real point if every competitor going against what-was-a-dude just took a knee and refused to compete. But especially in something like boxing or a martial arts event.
I'm sorry, this is ridiculous! There are obvious differences in men's heart size, lung capacity, bone density, height and reach, and muscle mass, to women's. No change in anatomical-junk is going to change those differences. Even with the muscle mass, sure hormone changes can make it more difficult for someone that is trying to become a female to gain muscle, but the muscle they had before the hormones-in-a-bottle doesn't just disappear. Maybe they have to work a little harder to retain it.
I would hate it for the "real" women who this is their one (or best) chance at competing in the Olympics. But I think it would make a real point if every competitor going against what-was-a-dude just took a knee and refused to compete. But especially in something like boxing or a martial arts event.
So only a little younger, since I was in the late 80's & early 90's. First "in" Bowling Green (WKU) rather than "at" Bowling Green (OH), and then at UK.
I admit I didn't see what UK had to offer since I was having to work much harder in Grad school (than undergrad), although our small (20-25) Dept of Statistics Grad students did form a Coed Softball and Coed Volleyball teams, and we finished in 2nd in both of those, both times the Rec Dept finished 1st; not bad for a bunch of Stats-geeks.
Who won gold in that event ? GTFO here with that BS. Did you know quoting EVERY post is attention seeking ?
The best I've seen is the caption:
"Pretty sure they found some retired Hitman and said 'yo try this real quick'"
I hate it.. but you know what, women voted for this. And it seems they aren't learning their lesson for the election this November.
Yes, it's silly but not everything in the literal world needs to revolve around US politics and our elections. There's controversy between an Italian and an Algerian in France so let's blame women in general and loop in our national election in Nov. into it.
Women don't need to "learn their lesson" just because they might not vote exactly how you'll vote. Good lord...
Women don't need to "learn their lesson" just because they might not vote exactly how you'll vote. Good lord...
And our resident hall monitor rides again.
JFC.
JFC.
Pot meet kettle.
“I challenge your opinion because I don’t agree with your politics. And I’m right. I just know I am.”
🤡
Katie Ledecky brought another gold home, and the rowing team brought gold for the first time since 1960. Women’s gymnastics all around is going on right now. Both Americans have previously won gold in this event
I expressed my opinion and disagreed with a take on the internet. That's allowed, right?
JFC.
Seriously, there's disagreements here hourly. It's okay lol.
You didn't post but once in this thread. Not about the opening ceremonies, not about the events, nothing. You seemingly had zero interest in these Olympics across the board.
Yet, there you are, once politics gets involved.
So it really does seem like all you do is just go thread to thread, scanning them, to make sure conservatives (the general makeup of the Paddock, btw), don't get to talking about like-minded ideologies. What a weird existence..
Edit: It's also really odd that you don't gatekeep like this for your own political party. So Odd.. Oh well, I'm sure some day soon you'll tell Dion or Sammy or Stan to "cut the politics"... any day now.
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He needs to go and take a walk and see the world outside of a thread on a message board, instead of getting so riled up.
Ledecky is a machine. It’s ridiculous how easily she wins that 1500.
Or I'm just responding with my opinion which is fine to do. I'm not going to stay in one thread, like the wrestling thread and not post my general thoughts in other threads. If you don't like that, ignore me. It's fine. "Shaming" me while others, including yourself, can post whatever you like isn't going to work lol.
You and a couple others have taken this too personally to a point that I could post "lovely day!" and suddenly you've got the knives out, so to speak. Chill. It'll be okay.
LOL, I thought you was referring to vhcat70 for critiquing my post.
You were the one seemingly hurt to begin with lol. In fact, you didn't even care to discuss the actual topic aside from "it's silly". You just went right into your "Conservatives = bad" take that you do in every thread. I mean, at least the rest of us can talk about various topics. Your entire persona here is poo-pooing republicans.
I don't have a problem with you disagreeing and thinking I'm over exaggerating, so long as you don't have a problem with us laughing at you trying to gate keep. As you said "Chill. It'll be ok".
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I disagreed with your take and thought that seemingly blaming all women in general was a little odd and don't know what our election has to do with what happened, which again, I said was silly.
If you, or Ida, or Stout, or Austin can post your opinions, so can I. We're UK fans on a message board with thoughts, that's all. Geez.
I'm glad we're in agreement then. It's really just opinions at the end of the day, right?
Correct. So odd my single post of opinion turned into all this while others have posted their opinions, including political ones, and all was well. Kinda my point. Don't pick out randoms to have internet "feuds" with. It's weird.
Shes not trans, she was born a woman and lived her whole life as a woman
"Despite reaching the final of the World Championships in March 2023, Khelif was disqualified just before the bout for "medical reasons."
In the weeks that followed, it emerged that Khelif was removed from the competition after drug tests confirmed high levels of testosterone.
Following this incident, IBA president Umar Kremlev stated that these results proved that Khelif and other female athletes with elevated levels of testosterone carried male chromosomes."
IBA doesn’t do Olympic boxing anymore because they were fixing matches for countries that financially back them. Shady stuff. IOC took it back over, so I don’t trust them. People should google IBA+Olympics and judge for themselves.
Anyway, IOC statement.
Anyway, IOC statement.
This is the latest result that’s not from the last 10 hours or so
The dispute between the IBA and the IOC could finish in Switzerland's supreme court
The long-standing rift and ongoing legal dispute between the International Olympic Committee and the boxing governing body it ousted this year could continue at Switzerland’s supreme court.
apnews.com
