Rio Olympics

[NGL]

A possible sad irony is that all this notoriety will enable Lochte to make more money from some upcoming reality show than he would have made from product endorsements had the whole scandal never happened.

[NUguy514]

I'm SO excited for our 4x400 women and especially for Allyson Felix! I'm also happy for our 4x400 men, partially because I think LaShawn Merritt and Gil Roberts are hooooot.

I'm thrilled for Caster Semenya and hated the way Tom Hammond kept insinuating that she is intersex. STOP.

I...cannot believe we won the 1,500m...or took silver in the 5,000m...is the apocalypse nigh? Those were both terrific races, though, and I'm thrilled for Centrowitz and Chelimo (and Mo Farah, of course)!

My favorite moment of today, though, was Chaunté Lowe embodying everything the Olympic spirit is. Consoling Vashti Cunningham and so warmly congratulating Beitia on her win after she had just lost out on a medal herself – she is a true champion.

Oh, and by the way:

Ryan Lochte...




No, Bob Costas. No, I will not be tuning in Monday to see the conclusion of that Ryan Lochte interview. I started feeling super stabby while watching it tonight and had to go into a fugue state to make it through without doing myself or my television a harm. Why would I want to revisit that awful sensation?

That was some of the worst acting I've seen in a while. The strain to produce tears...Ry-Ry, baby, you don't have it in you, and that's OK. What's not OK is how you can't just admit you lied and how you can't even say that you vandalized property. What's not OK is how Matt Lauer had to ask you directly to apologize to Rio and Brazil and how you still didn't apologize to the place of business you vandalized. What's not OK is how you are still couching the restitution for the damage caused as maybe robbery or extortion or "whatever" still. (By the way, $70 is not a sum I would categorize as disproportionately large, and the presence of a gun doesn't make it extortion; the choices were to pay restitution right then or wait for the police, so I don't know how that can be categorized as robbery or extortion.) What's not OK is how you are so infuriatingly stupid that I feel dumber just hearing you talk!! If I ever see you in person, I will likely punch you in the nads on behalf of me and everyone on this planet.

I'm going to go sleep now.

[Culturegeek]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/a...s-scrutiny

Maybe Michael Phelps should get surgery to reduce the length of his arms or ability to hyperextend his joints?

[Sanny]

This is the most disturbing part of that article:

Quote:Radcliffe said that Semenya and the other hyperandrogenic women should either “take the medication to suppress the levels, or they choose to have an operation or they choose not to compete”. Incredible as this sounds, Radcliffe is right that several hyperandrogenic athletes have undergone major surgery at the behest of athletics officials.

In 2013 it was revealed that four young female athletes from developing countries, all with atypically high but entirely natural levels of testosterone, were sent to a clinic in France where doctors proposed removing their gonads and partially removing their clitorises. All four agreed, and a year later they returned to competition.

So basically women have to go through unnecessary surgery as part of a rule by Olympic officials just so they can compete. That's just all different shades of wrong there.

[Dr.ciski77]

Quote:In 2013 it was revealed that four young female athletes from developing countries, all with atypically high but entirely natural levels of testosterone, were sent to a clinic in France where doctors proposed removing their gonads and partially removing their clitorises. All four agreed, and a year later they returned to competition.

WHAT THE FUCK

[NUguy514]

That British competitor and the guy who tweeted a congratulations on finishing third to her (she was sixth) need to be slapped so hard across the face.

[misplaced validity]

Great Britain has really killed it this Olympics.

[teppo2]

(08-22-2016 03:41 AM)NUguy514 Wrote:  That British competitor and the guy who tweeted a congratulations on finishing third to her (she was sixth) need to be slapped so hard across the face.

What is this in reference to?

[Culturegeek]

(08-22-2016 06:44 AM)teppo2 Wrote:  

(08-22-2016 03:41 AM)NUguy514 Wrote:  That British competitor and the guy who tweeted a congratulations on finishing third to her (she was sixth) need to be slapped so hard across the face.

What is this in reference to?

a) The competitor, Melissa Sharp, stated that Caster Semenya is "challenging" to compete against due to her naturally high testosterone level and that she (Semenya) should either have surgery, take medication or quit - which, to be clear, was the IAAF law before an athlete challenged it and won. The IAAF is appealing that ruling.

b) The tweeter, Nigel Levine, congratulated Sharp on finishing third. It was meant to read that the top three competitors shouldn't have been allowed to compete in the women's race because they were hyperandrogenic (though it's worth mentioning that only Semenya has actually been identified as such). Levine himself is a 400 m competitor for the UK.

[teppo2]

Oh, Jesus.