Olympics 2024 - discussion thread

[Randomuser]

Normally I don't like to criticize athletes even if they choke but He Bingjiao is really so bad. She's just not agile enough

But in a crazy twist of fate Carolina Marin has torn her ACL once again. Really heartbroken for her because she's been a great player for so long and really deserves the win more than He Bingjiao

Don't tell me the China team somehow knew about this. Like sending out their second best against a former gold medalist is a stupid option. But they somehow knew she would prevail by injury?

Maybe He played that way coz they know Marin was injured and did it so she would tear her ACL. If so that's pretty cruel but it shows they really can think of all ways to win. In that case the Chinese national team has some really scary minds.

 

[FriedRiceNSpice]

Also a final chance in swimming 4x100 men's relay if Pan can carry China's weak men's breaststroke

You mean butterfly? Since PAN absolutely killed it in the breaststroke today.

 

[henrik]

Normally I don't like to criticize athletes even if they choke but He Bingjiao is really so bad. She's just not agile enough

But in a crazy twist of fate Carolina Marin has torn her ACL once again. Really heartbroken for her because she's been a great player for so long and really deserves the win more than He Bingjiao

Marin is known for unsportsmanlike conduct.

 

[tankphobia]

They are equally bad and should both be disallowed. What would you say if it's our natural athlete that has to fight an American athlete who "just happens" to have male testosterone levels? Or how about what will you say when US fields an entire team of only male testosterone level women? Easy to bribe some doctor and the non-transparent, western pocketed WADA to testify that the whole US female team has some genetic conditions.

Why stop there? Sports is inherently unfair and genetics+money= medals. Is it fair that third world countries with 1/10 the resources have to compete against kids trained from a young age with professional nutritionist/trainers? Even beyond just money look at the skin colour of top level track runners, should that be banned too?

If she has not broken any rules and is born naturally as a female, who are you to judge what the IOC have decided as allowed? Look at how Zhang ziyu is absolutely destroying u18 womens basketball due to her monsterous height, entirely due to genetics, would you call that unfair?

Algeria is not even a rich country, you're basically punching down in this instance.

 

[henrik]

Why stop there? Sports is inherently unfair and genetics+money= medals. Is it fair that third world countries with 1/10 the resources have to compete against kids trained from a young age with professional nutritionist/trainers? Even beyond just money look at the skin colour of top level track runners, should that be banned too?

If she has not broken any rules and is born naturally as a female, who are you to judge what the IOC have decided as allowed? Look at how Zhang ziyu is absolutely destroying u18 womens basketball due to her monsterous height, entirely due to genetics, would you call that unfair?

Algeria is not even a rich country, you're basically punching down in this instance.

It is actually unfair to Zhang, since she is so tall, she is not agile at all. But since she is very hard working, she is winning by her skills.

 

[Index]

Why stop there? Sports is inherently unfair and genetics+money= medals. Is it fair that third world countries with 1/10 the resources have to compete against kids trained from a young age with professional nutritionist/trainers? Even beyond just money look at the skin colour of top level track runners, should that be banned too?

If she has not broken any rules and is born naturally as a female, who are you to judge what the IOC have decided as allowed? Look at how Zhang ziyu is absolutely destroying u18 womens basketball due to her monsterous height, entirely due to genetics, would you call that unfair?

Algeria is not even a rich country, you're basically punching down in this instance.

My issue is that what is to prevent the countries that bribed IOC and WADA from roiding up normal athletes and then claiming they have conditions? If WADA doesn't intercede, which they won't since they're in US pocket, all that's required is a faked doctor's note, and you'll have western males in drag competing against everyone else's women.

 

[Lethe]

My issue is that what is to prevent the countries that bribed IOC and WADA from roiding up normal athletes and then claiming they have conditions? If WADA doesn't intercede, which they won't since they're in US pocket, all that's required is a faked doctor's note, and you'll have western males in drag competing against everyone else's women.

I'm not sure how you can assert that WADA and IOC is in Washington's pocket in light of the Trimetazidine episode that has been the focus of the current US-led propaganda campaign against Chinese athletes. Washington (USADA, Congress, etc.) is basically in open warfare with WADA/IOC because they are viewed as insufficiently anti-Chinese. The FBI held Brent Nowicki, CEO of World Aquatics (formerly FINA) under the extra-territorial Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act for questioning about its handling of the episode, and this has led to further legal moves and counter-moves to protect and undermine the supremacy and independence of WADA/IOC/ITA/CAS etc. respectively. There is no doubt that these institutions have attempted to accommodate the relentless political pressure emanating from Washington, e.g. with the elevated testing regime for Chinese athletes at the Paris Olympics, but there is also no doubt of the genuine and growing hostility between them or the source of these tensions. WADA recently issued an extraordinarily frank statement that directly called out Washington's political campaign against China and basically told them to

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[grulle]

Chinese fans reaction to Zheng QinWen's gold:

 

[grulle]

Zheng QinWen hometown viewing party:

 

[Shaolian]

Fan Zhendong did it! Wins the gold in Table Tennis.