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Olympics 2012 - London
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Was listening to this take on the radio the other day but anyone else think that it was ridiculous that this guy was allowed to run at these games?
Imagine if he had won..
Look I think it's great that he's doing his best but isn't this what the special olympics are for?
The Olympics should be for able bodied athletes. Anything else is a grey area that opes itself to controversy.
I don't have a problem with him running in the Olympics, but I don't think it's fair that he's then also allowed to compete at the Paralympics, unless every other competing runner can get access to a pair of his special prosthetics.Tigers of Old said:
Was listening to this take on the radio the other day but anyone else think that it was ridiculous that this guy was allowed to run at these games?
Imagine if he had won..
Isn't this what the special olympics are for?
The Olympics should be for able bodied athletes. Anything else is a grey area that opes itself to controversy.
Tigers of Old said:
Was listening to this take on the radio the other day but anyone else think that it was ridiculous that this guy was allowed to run at these games?
Imagine if he had won..
Look I think it's great that he's doing his best but isn't this what the special olympics are for?
The Olympics should be for able bodied athletes. Anything else is a grey area that opes itself to controversy.
No problem for me. Think it is good.
Tigers of Old said:
Was listening to this take on the radio the other day but anyone else think that it was ridiculous that this guy was allowed to run at these games?
Imagine if he had won..
Look I think it's great that he's doing his best but isn't this what the special olympics are for?
The Olympics should be for able bodied athletes. Anything else is a grey area that opes itself to controversy.
I don't agree with it.
At the moment, he isn't a threat to the medals, so everyone is all warm and fuzzy inside about him racing.
Its a feelgood story until he becomes a contender at winning medals, then the warm and fuzzy feeling will dissipate quick.
What's even more questionable though is how he and his team-mates in the relay made the final.
The Aussies complete the race and didn't go fast enough and miss out onthe final.
The South African runner is tripped accidentally by Kenya and falls over, do not finish the race, however are gifted a passage into the final.
Maybe the Aussies should have taken a tumble too......
Liverpool said:
I agree with you but it's even more than that. It's a precedent.
What happens when the next development in prosthetics means that he gets an advantage over able bodied athletes, what do they do then? How do they judge that and who makes that judgement ? Do we end up with athletes cutting their legs off at 15 so they can run faster?
It's a minefield imo.
Been watching a bit of BMX, at first I didn't think this should be in the Olympics....but they guys and girls are crazy.
Should have stuck with your first thought. No one over 15 should ride a BMX.
Agree with Barnzy, Rushida stole Bolt's thunder. Herb Elliott level of domination.
Reminded me of Joaquim Cruz, the smooth, powerful Brazilian. (Cruz winning the 1984 800 from my favourite, Seb Coe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKtRH1097AE )
Agree with Barnzy, Rushida stole Bolt's thunder. Herb Elliott level of domination.
Reminded me of Joaquim Cruz, the smooth, powerful Brazilian. (Cruz winning the 1984 800 from my favourite, Seb Coe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKtRH1097AE )
Sintiger said:
Yep, it is a precedent, and one that should not have been allowed IMO.
I don't care for the feel good angle. This potentially opens a big can of worms.
Sintiger said:
I have a bigger problem with Semenya. Babies born as hermaphrodites are statistically not that unusual, if the Olympics allows every one to compete as a woman it is a significant competitive advantage.
People should be allowed to identify as any gender they like it everyday life, but in elite sport the reality is having a higher level of testosterone than everybody else is a significant competitive advantage.
Tigers of Old said:
Was listening to this take on the radio the other day but anyone else think that it was ridiculous that this guy was allowed to run at these games?
Imagine if he had won..
Look I think it's great that he's doing his best but isn't this what the special olympics are for?
The Olympics should be for able bodied athletes. Anything else is a grey area that opes itself to controversy.
Don't agree with it. I beleive the Olympics is about the peak of human physical ability, the waters are muddied a bit with technology, bikes, boats, horse breeding, but its different. Could end up the fastest amputees with the best prosthetic technology and no athletes with legs. Also, why not allow people who aren't very bright into Harvard Law School as long as they have a super fast computer to think for them?
I could go on all day, Point is, I don't like it, logically or philosophically.
tigersnake said:
Nor do I and I have a disabled sibling so I'm more sympathetic to it than most. Think it has the potential to create more negatives than positives.
WesternTiger said:
Imagine the Brazilians for 3 years: 2014-2016
Headache promos of World Cup and Olympics.
Now guys like Slater, Brayshaw, Fat Eddie and Dwayne Russell can return to commentating on sports they understand.
Oh wait a minute...
Oh wait a minute...
