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Post by Red Rackham on Jul 20, 2024 23:04:51 GMT
For the second Olympics in a row, more females in Team GB than males: 172 versus 155. A sign o' the times?
As usual Britain shows the way.
Are you sure they're all females. These days who knows... |
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Post by Red Rackham on Jul 20, 2024 23:13:13 GMT
For the second Olympics in a row, more females in Team GB than males: 172 versus 155. A sign o' the times?
As usual Britain shows the way.
perhaps its just that more females have met the qualifying times? - no big conspiracy.. Yes but, are they all females in the 'traditional' sense, or are some of them 'modern' females? You know, the ones with cocks, testicles, Adams apples, deep voices, a suspiciously high amount of testosterone, and lovely party frocks. |
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Post by Pacifico on Jul 21, 2024 7:08:58 GMT
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Post by Dan Dare on Jul 21, 2024 10:08:13 GMT
I'm sure we'll all be encouraged to learn that the BBC is also doing its bit for gender balance at the Paris Olympics; here is its presenting team:
L-R: Fred Sirieix, Isa Guha, Hazel Irvine, Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Jeanette Kwakye, JJ Chalmers and Laura Kenny are presenting the BBC TV coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics |
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Post by johnofgwent on Jul 21, 2024 18:20:46 GMT
Wouldn't it rather depend upon who set the times, and what they were set to? I haven't checked this time but at an earlier Olympics the female 100m gold medal winner would not have qualified for the mens heats.
It's all to do with making the Games 'gender neutral', not a concept that would have resonated with the ancient Greeks nor indeed with the people who re-invented the games in the 20C. Females cannot run as fast, lift as much and throw as far as men - thats just biology. Not conspiracy. Something that does puzzle me though. I would have expected women to be better at some events than men, particularly that strange ski-ing and shooting winter sport, because their respiratory system is designed to carry the oxygen load for two, which means they should be able to reduce respiratory load and recover dexterity at the shooting stations better than men…. |
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Post by Pacifico on Jul 21, 2024 21:17:47 GMT
Females cannot run as fast, lift as much and throw as far as men - thats just biology. Not conspiracy. Something that does puzzle me though. I would have expected women to be better at some events than men, particularly that strange ski-ing and shooting winter sport, because their respiratory system is designed to carry the oxygen load for two, which means they should be able to reduce respiratory load and recover dexterity at the shooting stations better than men…. They are better at gymnastics than men - no man could perform the (now banned) 'Korbut flip' - spin - and back handed grab |
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Post by steppenwolf on Jul 22, 2024 6:11:59 GMT
I'm sure we'll all be encouraged to learn that the BBC is also doing its bit for gender balance at the Paris Olympics; here is its presenting team:
L-R: Fred Sirieix, Isa Guha, Hazel Irvine, Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Jeanette Kwakye, JJ Chalmers and Laura Kenny are presenting the BBC TV coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics Isa Guha and Clare Balding were the BBC's main Wimbledon presenters - though neither of them know anything about tennis. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Jul 22, 2024 8:19:12 GMT
Something that does puzzle me though. I would have expected women to be better at some events than men, particularly that strange ski-ing and shooting winter sport, because their respiratory system is designed to carry the oxygen load for two, which means they should be able to reduce respiratory load and recover dexterity at the shooting stations better than men…. They are better at gymnastics than men - no man could perform the (now banned) 'Korbut flip' - spin - and back handed grab I'm not sure 'better' is the correct word, to use a wokeism 'differently-abled' might be more appropriate.
In general for every one of the 35 sports there are an equal number of male and female participants. Exceptions are what used to be called synchronised swimming (no males), so-called rhythmic gymnastics (again no males), while the rings, parallel bars and pommel horse are exclusively for males. Greco-Roman wrestling is also only for men.
Within a particular sport there may also be gender differences in requirements (incl. shooting JoG). The cycling road rcae is an example: females ride 140km while it's 250km for males.
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Post by Dogburger on Jul 22, 2024 8:31:26 GMT
I'm sure we'll all be encouraged to learn that the BBC is also doing its bit for gender balance at the Paris Olympics; here is its presenting team:
L-R: Fred Sirieix, Isa Guha, Hazel Irvine, Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Jeanette Kwakye, JJ Chalmers and Laura Kenny are presenting the BBC TV coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics How the hell did a French waiter get the gig of presenting a British sports programme ? At least the others have some experience of some sort of sport or presenting background . Maybe he is there for the off piste , where to eat on the marathon route section ? |
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Post by Dan Dare on Jul 22, 2024 8:46:01 GMT
He's probably the only one who's got a bit of the lingo.
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Post by Dogburger on Jul 22, 2024 9:22:28 GMT
He's probably the only one who's got a bit of the lingo. And of what benefit is that to the average UK viewer ? |
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Post by happyhornet3 on Jul 23, 2024 10:23:10 GMT
So were all the times that Team GB had more male than female athletes proof of sexism?
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Post by Dogburger on Jul 23, 2024 11:08:29 GMT
So were all the times that Team GB had more male than female athletes proof of sexism? No , it was proof that there were more Olympic events for men . Just to give an example combat sports were not seen as for women until the turn of the century |
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Post by Dan Dare on Aug 10, 2024 11:16:00 GMT
The Olympics will soon be over so it's about time to resurrect this thread.
Any particular thoughts in the meantime, particularly with regards to Team GB, its ethnic constituents and its overall performance which has been quite mediocre in terms of medals?
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Post by Dan Dare on Aug 11, 2024 12:57:01 GMT
The Olympics are over for Team GB, who finished in 7th position in the medal table, behind the Netherlands.
Their 14 gold medals is the lowest since the 2004 Olympics in Athens, and the first time since Beijing 2008 they have won less than twenty.
The inquest can now begin.
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