carpetmonster Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 In a move that will surprise absolutely nobody who's used to the MO of Rowling, Navratilova et at, the Italian lassie is now cosying up to Georgia Meloni - https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/italys-meloni-iocs-bach-discuss-fairness-sports-after-boxing-gender-row-2024-08-02/ Is there a chance she might have momentarily 'forgotten' how to defend in order to get a big old punch in the pus? Call me a tinfoil hatter, but Riley Gaines sure has made a big career out of being a fifth placed college swimmer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Jock Wallace knew as well? Huge if true. Any other Jocks in the know? Who needs to be in the know when you're IN CHERGE? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 2 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Rowling is getting a ripped a new one because she took off the tweet claiming Khelif was born a man - now changed it to "shouldn't have a biological advantage". It was pointed out to her thaf most sportsmen have biological advantages, from the lung capacity Phelps and Indurain to the height of Shaq and Jordan. The woman is just showing what an evil c**t she is. As well as 12 litre lung capacity Phelps also has size 14 feet, double-jointed ankles meaning he has 15 degrees more flex than his competitors and is hyper-jointed in the chest, he's 6 foot 4 but his wingspan is 6 foot 7 and he has the torso of a man who's 6 foot 8 tall. Perhaps most remarkable is that he produces half the lactic acid of his competitors, meaning his muscles don't burn with effort and he can recover faster. That's not to take anything away from the work he put in to beat all the other best swimmers in the world btw. Never mind gender, I struggle to accept these guys are the same species as me. I'd bet hard money Rowling has never attended a women's competitive sporting event in her life. These people never tweet about the Scotland women's football and rugby teams, they never mention the matches. If they did, they'd know the problems in women's sport are lack of funding, lack of equal support, poorer facilities, lack of tailored equipment and clothing, much less coaching at youth levels, body image and peer pressure, poor media coverage, scheduling in tennis, the ACL epidemic in football... I could go on. If they cared about women's sport at all they'd they'd be talking about those things. But no, they're obsessed with an extremely marginal issue and now, as an extension of that, they're indulging in a misogynistic and ableist pile-on of a young Muslim woman with a genetic condition. The abuse Serena Williams got for being built like a brick outhouse would be exponentially worse now - as it will be for the all future female athletes who don't conform to their body image of what a woman is supposed to look like. On top of all that, these people force us to talk about their obsessions when we should be talking about athletes living out their dreams. They make me physically sick. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Psychosis Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Carini basically says "err, didn't really mean it. Sorry about that" https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c2j3jg51rg4o Jesus wept. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Watching the swimming (not sure if this is live or tape delayed, CBC isn't specifying) but the mixed medley is an interesting event because of the strategy of when to use your men 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 French man in jammies successfully trips up Korean man in jammies to win Judo gold 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Groundhopping Adventures said: Huge French man in jammies successfully trips up not so huge Korean man in jammies to win Judo gold FTFY I know jack shit about Judo, but I'm guessing Teddy Riner winning his both his semi and final by Ippon is quite a big thing. Edited August 2 by peasy23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Alcaraz eased into the singles final with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Auger-Aliasimme earlier. Djokovic takes on Musetti starting at 6pm to see who faces him, Djokovic injured his knee late in the match against Tsitsipas last night but literally limped over the line for the win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Australian woman leading the 5000m until the last lap and then ends up not even qualifying. Ouch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Whoever at the BBC is in charge of keeping the stream names up to date with what they’re actually showing, they’re doing a f**king dog shit job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 41 minutes ago, eez-eh said: Whoever at the BBC is in charge of keeping the stream names up to date with what they’re actually showing, they’re doing a f**king dog shit job. Tbf, they seem to be chopping and changing at the drop of a hat, doesn't seem to be any planning at all. Djokovic v Musetti tied at 2-2, could take a while though as we've already had 35 minutes play. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 4 hours ago, Uncle Psychosis said: Carini basically says "err, didn't really mean it. Sorry about that" https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c2j3jg51rg4o Jesus wept. Fair play to her tho; the normal outcome in this day and age would be to keep doubling down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 7 minutes ago, carpetmonster said: Fair play to her tho; the normal outcome in this day and age would be to keep doubling down. Yeah, I agree. She was clearly emotional after receiving a punch in the pus. Who wouldn't be? Arseholes like JK Rowling are to blame for shooting their mouths off without looking into the facts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 BMX finals on the red button at the moment. Ready for Eurosport when they cut to dressage at a moments notice 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Tunbridge Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 2 hours ago, Groundhopping Adventures said: French man in jammies successfully trips up Korean man in jammies to win Judo gold A sentence I never thought I would say; ‘the atmosphere at the judo was class.’ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Another gold for Marchand. He's had a sensational few days. Silver for Duncan Scott, only Chris Hoy is ahead of him in the all time Scottish medal tally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 There's no way Eurosport are making us watch another 30 minutes of this diabolical Egypt - Paraguay game, instead of France - Argentina, surely? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 I’m missing the lovely ladies of the Olympics thread (bloody woke P&B). I’m compiling my own private list anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: I’m missing the lovely ladies of the Olympics thread (bloody woke P&B). I’m compiling my own private list anyway. On that subject, Denise Lewis hasn't aged a day in the last 20 years with Michael Johnson having to spend a week sandwiched between her and Jess Ennis Hill. It's a dirty job etc... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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