The 2024 Olympics in Paris

Nathan said:
Team USA takes a gold medal in Olympics gymnastics
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WhatInThe said:
Female boxer concedes bout 45 seconds after being overwhelmed by a contestant who failed hormone testing and was banned from a competition in 2023.

Imane Khelif, boxer in middle of Olympics gender storm, forces tearful first opponent to quit 46 seconds into fight
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The Olympic used to be notorious for the most rigid drug and hormone testing standards and yet they are letting test failures compete?
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The Italian lady is a highly ranked boxer, saw that the man had far superior strength. Stopped so that she would not be seriously injured.

International Boxing Association Ranking

Angela Carini abandons Olympic fight after 46 seconds against Imane Khelif
 
Seeing some of the controversy surrounding the Paris Olympics such as the Opening, Men competing against women, water contamination, and the list keeps growing; why is that topic open for discussion and the events surrounding an attempted assassination of a public personality is taboo. I just don't get it.
 
TennVet said:
Seeing some of the controversy surrounding the Paris Olympics such as the Opening, Men competing against women, water contamination, and the list keeps growing; why is that topic open for discussion and the events surrounding an attempted assassination of a public personality is taboo. I just don't get it.
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@TennVet , if you're only interested in discussing the tabloid view of the Olympics why don't you start a thread on that? I started this thread to focus on sports, and not nitpick at all the dreary little negatives that some media focuses on.
 
TennVet said:
I didn't threads had pride of authorship rules.
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Nobody said anything about rules, I just suggested that you show a little common courtesy and respect towards a fellow person and start your own thread, rather than try to inject your unhappiness into this one.

With you being from the Bible Belt, I would assume(rightly or wrongly) that you may have heard of the Golden Rule:

"The "Golden Rule" was proclaimed by Jesus of Nazareth during his Sermon on the Mount and described by him as the second great commandment. The common English phrasing is "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".

It's a good rule to live by, both in Real Life and in online interactions.
 
Beezer said:
You've been confrontational and butting heads with people of late. Is everything okay on the home front?
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Well @Beezer that is a bit perplexing, but then you have a history of saying perplexing things.

So, I guess we're not going to talk about "sports"(the actual thread topic) today, that's fine. I don't see any events on the TV schedule that interest me.

What would YOU like to talk about, @Beezer?
 
Nathan said:
(the actual thread topic)
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Relax. Threads can go off on all kinds of tangents. I start threads talking about one subject, and sometimes they devolve into totally different beasts. It's just the nature of it all. No need to get all in a huff about it.
 
I see Canada is in 9th place in the medal standings! Pretty good for a Northern country, eh?

I think we generally achieve more medals in the Winter Olympics...because of our climate.
 
Beezer said:
I see Canada is in 9th place in the medal standings! Pretty good for a Northern country, eh?

I think we generally achieve more medals in the Winter Olympics...because of our climate.
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I was wondering about France being so high up in the medal count and was there cheating by the judges for the hosting country. But I looked at the 2020 results and France was 8th overall. So probably things are mostly fair.
 
Lawrence00 said:
Chinese Olympians, at least the divers, move away from their families for 3 years and train 12 hours a day. The country places very high importance on winning.
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There are professional athletes that won't train like that. They'd be crying union, agent or lawyer if told to train like that.

I'm sure those have more than plenty of incentive and motivation to train like that.
 
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