Men telling me that a man winning a women’s event is irrelevant.
Yeah, cheers guys.
She isn't a man. No-one is claiming that she's a man, including those who are claiming that she has a chromosomal irregularity that would make her ineligible for women's sport. The people making those claims have no credibility, but even they don't think she's trans.
The lack of credibility of the IBA doesn't in itself prove that they're lying, neither does the fact that when they held their press conference they couldn't even agree what test they were claiming they'd run that she'd failed. But I want to seem some actual evidence before we start disqualifying people, and I want to know why that evidence wasn't presented to the IOC in advance so that, if one or both of the two boxers isn't eligible, they could have been excluded without ruining the competition for everyone else.
I wasn’t talking about the boxer in question when I said that. Leaving aside the IBA, the IOC used the fact that this particular boxer was identified as female on her birth certificate therefore her passport says female. Thats it, that’s the evidence that was deemed good enough.
Thats not science. Until real science is used, I refuse to be told by any man that there hasn’t been an injustice here.
Because her parents thought, 20-odd years ago (don’t know exactly how old she is), let’s register our son as a girl so when he grows up he can win a gold medal at boxing.
I presume you haven't watched the video that explains how someone of let's possibly describe them as intersex and possibly looked more like having female genitalia at birth can at puberty develop a male frame, male muscular physique and male genitalia rather than female.
I watched the whole video and Dr Hilton explained why being born & raised as a female can be a nonsense in the case of these 2 boxers. It really doesn't matter if they are sitting next to you at work or in a restaurant etc. But I agree with the doctor that it very much matters when they have gone through male puberty have the strength of a man and are punching women in the face.
"Despite being informed of the IBA's test results last year, the IOC has always recognised the boxers as female athletes, insisting that because they were born and raised as women, and are registered as women in their passports, they are eligible for women's competition under their rules".
Look at her record before stating strength of a man. Plenty of women in the pros punch far harder.
I don’t know about the woman from Taiwan but the Algerian has lost quite a few bouts (9) against other women and has very few knockouts (7) on her record of 56 fights. That doesn’t sound like someone with the strength of a man.
So one less medal than in 2012, but only 14 golds compared to 26. Where are the next Peaty, Hoy, Kenny, Farah etc?
Some of the younger ones were already here in these games. You win the 🥇for only ever posting negative posts every time. You can't get any pleasure in watching sport including football We won more medals than Tokyo and the same amount as London which is 65. What glitters isn't always Gold.
GB will never top the gold medals won in London for various reasons including the bar is being raised in so many different sports on the Global stage.
I totally enjoyed the highs and lows and will miss the Games but not the X-factor tears even though competitors who had recently lost a parent it was understandable after the effort put into winning a medal or even being an Olympian.
After Nigeria failed to win a single medal at the Paris Olympics, the Nigerian sports minister has apologised and offered to refund all the costs of every fan who travelled to France.
After Nigeria failed to win a single medal at the Paris Olympics, the Nigerian sports minister has apologised and offered to refund all the costs of every fan who travelled to France.
He's emailed them all, explaining that he just needs their bank details so that the refunds can be processed.
These Olympics have been excellent. Certainly on a par with London, with the extra glory of a great opening ceremony not confined to the stadium. For me the finish to the triathlon, with a local to me mixed race competitor winning was the most thrilling event, it was very relatable.
These Olympics have been excellent. Certainly on a par with London, with the extra glory of a great opening ceremony not confined to the stadium. For me the finish to the triathlon, with a local to me mixed race competitor winning was the most thrilling event, it was very relatable.
The opening and closing ceremonies were the worst I've seen. The sport, the venues and the backdrops were awesome.
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Some of the younger ones were already here in these games.
You win the 🥇for only ever posting negative posts every time.
You can't get any pleasure in watching sport including football
We won more medals than Tokyo and the same amount as London which is 65.
What glitters isn't always Gold.
GB will never top the gold medals won in London for various reasons including the bar is being raised in so many different sports on the Global stage.
I totally enjoyed the highs and lows and will miss the Games but not the X-factor tears even though competitors who had recently lost a parent it was understandable after the effort put into winning a medal or even being an Olympian.
But it meant a long section of the ceremony with all the athletes in Paris stuck watching music on big screens
Which ones of you think you could do it?
Certainly on a par with London, with the extra glory of a great opening ceremony not confined to the stadium.
For me the finish to the triathlon, with a local to me mixed race competitor winning was the most thrilling event, it was very relatable.