Paris Olympics 2024

[TraffordBlue]

There's plenty more intersex athletes than people realise.

In Rio 2016, the gold, silver and bronze 800m was won by Semenya, Niyonsaba and Wambui - all 3 have the same intersex DSD, all 3 biologically male.

Semenya has a Vagina and has lived her whole life as a Female. Therefore she is a Female in my eyes and the IAAF are an absolute disgrace for the way they have treated her. In decades from now it will be looked back on as a shameful stain on Athletics History in my opinion.

The topic is a lot more complex than labelling someone a man/biologically male.

With this Boxer, she won fair and square. She's been beaten by others and this Italian couldn't hack it and therefore it's right that she won't win an Olympic medal.

Seems like the ones getting outraged are the usual suspects, gammons who love to throw out the Snowflake jibe on a regular basis yet seem to fit the description of one themselves.

 

[Eggs]

….boing, boing GOLD for Bryony Page in the trampoline.

Fantastic effort.

 

[daza_1973]

Back above the aussies on the medal table.

 

[carolinablue232]

You could say why do other medals count over non-medalists if you take that line.

The Gold is the measure of success. Like it or not, it is.



Well, they're not as noteworthy as track and field medals.

But in the premier league 72 points once and making a semi final are the measures of success?

 

[Paris]

Good on ya Pagey lass

 

[degsy]

The test they apparently took was a 'gender eligibility test', a swap to the inner cheek - not a testosterone test? The IBA (Umar Kremlev) confirmed Khelif has XY chromosomes.

All needs clarifying for the good of the athlete and the sport.

Bloke; whatever he self filled in on his passport - which is a key IOC qualification

It's wokery gone mad I tells ya, wokery gone mad

 

[BullensRoad]

This horse thing is pretty dull. Just a bunch of toffs on horses doing the same thing.

I don’t even know how they score it?

 

[Eggs]

….UTFT;

 

[Gilbert..]

That was for the WHOLE team not just the rowers.

There are around 130 Ireland athletes in paris
GB has around 320 and got £342m funding.

Both doing ok from what im seeing.

 

[d34noj]

Semenya has a Vagina and has lived her whole life as a Female. Therefore she is a Female in my eyes and the IAAF are an absolute disgrace for the way they have treated her. In decades from now it will be looked back on as a shameful stain on Athletics History in my opinion.

The topic is a lot more complex than labelling someone a man/biologically male.

With this Boxer, she won fair and square. She's been beaten by others and this Italian couldn't hack it and therefore it's right that she won't win an Olympic medal.

Seems like the ones getting outraged are the usual suspects, gammons who love to throw out the Snowflake jibe on a regular basis yet seem to fit the description of one themselves.

You mean this Caster Semenya? The one who dressed as a man all the way through her childhood? The same one who has biologically fathered 2 daughters?

THAT Caster Semenya?


Just to clarify - Semenya is the biggest one at the back.

 

[LinekersLegs]

I take it your a Biles fan?

As it happens yes, I think she is brilliant and really enjoy her performances.

But the comment was primarily because I saw all the other chum you were throwing out for people to bite on too

 

[davek]

€3.9m total to rowing over a three year cycle.

Rowing Ireland tops the funding list but new Sport Ireland system results in anomalies in boxing

Rowing Ireland is the leading exchequer-funded governing body in Olympic Sport, with its athletes dominating the top end of Sport Ireland’s individual funding system, according to figures published today.

www.independent.ie

It underlines there's no substitute for pure talent. You can throw a load of cash at producing gold medalists and have some measure of success, but in GBs case for the most part they're turning also rans into bronze and silver medalists in a handful of cases.

Anyway, the emphasis should be on the Irish lads who did themselves and their country proud.

 

[TraffordBlue]

You mean this Caster Semenya? The one who dressed as a man all the way through her childhood? The same one who has biologically fathered 2 daughters?

THAT Caster Semenya?


Just to clarify - Semenya is the biggest one at the back.

I'm currently reading her book, you may want to read the first chapter of it as she explains how she is a woman but always preferred to dress in boys clothes as she was active as a kid and was a "tomboy". Hardly the defining factor in you labelling her a man is it...

She has a wife and is the mother of 2 girls (obviously not suggesting she is the natural mother).

 

[davek]

But in the premier league 72 points once and making a semi final are the measures of success?

No, they are a measure of what a manager of Everton was capable of achieving in a positive comparison with those that went before and after apart from Kendall.

 

[carolinablue232]

No, they are a measure of what a manager of Everton was capable of achieving in a positive comparison with those that went before and after apart from Kendall.

Right. Just like a silver medal represents what an athlete was capable of achieving in a positive comparison to the competition around them.