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Re: Olympics
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: July 24, 2021, 12:05 am
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I always considered the piste in fencing to be idiotic:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing_rules#Playing_area
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Piste_d%27escrime.svg/720px-Piste_d%27escrime.svg.png
In swordfighting, sidestepping is one of the most important
techniques. Why eliminate it from sport fencing, limiting the
fencers to linear movement only?
#Post#: 7706--------------------------------------------------
Re: Olympics
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: July 24, 2021, 9:51 pm
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HTML https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/sports/olympics/olympics-naomi-osaka-simone-biles.html
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> Who will watch the women’s 800-meter race without thinking of
Caster Semenya, who dominated while winning gold in that event
at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics? She won’t defend those titles in
Tokyo because track officials have decreed that her body
produces too much testosterone.
>
> Funny, nobody sought to ban swimmer Michael Phelps for his
naturally occurring hyper- and double-extended joints,
longer-than-average torso and wingspan, or powerful lung
capacity.
>
> Phelps is white and American. He has clout in every way.
>
> Semenya is a Black woman from South Africa. She is treated
with a lack of respect and a disregard for her humanity.
>
> She is hardly the only Black or brown woman discriminated
against by a system whose lodestar is the Eurocentric,
Swiss-based International Olympic Committee.
>
> The I.O.C. swaddles the Games in gauzy myth and claims to be
politically neutral and divorced from the brutal truths of the
world. But that’s a lie. The Games mirror society.
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Re: Olympics
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: July 26, 2021, 10:08 pm
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Congratulations to Diaz!
HTML https://sports.inquirer.net/430487/hidilyn-diaz-wins-weightlifting-gold-in-tokyo-olympics
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> Diaz, in her fourth straight Olympics, delivered the
Philippines’ breakthrough gold medal after conquering the
women’s 55 kilograms weightlifting competition at the Tokyo
Olympics.
> ...
> Hidilyn’s medal was just the 11th by the Philippines since the
country first took part in the Olympics in 1924, and now the
only gold.
--- End Quote ---
Meanwhile, Jewish devotion to empiricism on display:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/takes-9-olympians-break-one-215908833.html
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> Olympians have put the Olympic Village's famous cardboard beds
through the wringer, and Team Israel's Ben Wanger appears to
have taken it the furthest in a viral TikTok.
>
> In a video posted on Monday, Wanger - and eight other men -
tested the beds' true capacity, eventually breaking it by
jumping on the mattress simultaneously.
> ...
> "Been getting a lot of questions about the beds in the Olympic
Village, so today we're gonna check and see how many Israelis it
takes to break one of these cardboard beds," Wanger says at the
beginning of the viral video, which has been viewed over 280,000
times since he posted it less than 24 hours ago.
>
> At first, Wanger, a member of the Israeli Olympic baseball
team who also plays for the American team the Lancaster
Barnstormers, jumps on the bed alone. One by one, more Team
Israel members join to jump with him. At nine, the bed finally
gives in.
--- End Quote ---
Why have they not been disqualified from the games for
disrespecting hospitality?
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Re: Olympics
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: July 27, 2021, 10:07 pm
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What's up with the sexual dimorphism in gymnastics events?
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics#Competitive_events_for_women_in_artistic_gymnastics
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics#Competitive_events_for_men_in_artistic_gymnastics
The only common event is the vault. Why? While both have floor,
women do it to music whereas men do not. Why? As for all the
other events, why are they gender-specific? (And let's not get
started with rhythmic gymnastics which prohibits men from
competing altogether.)
Of course we know why: it is because modern gymnastics comes
from Western civilization which is obsessed with sexual
dimorphism.
Contrast:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wushu_(sport)#Types
Zero sexual dimorphism in events (and in uniforms too, for that
matter). This is what civilizational superiority looks like.
Unfortunately, due to Eurocentrism, wushu has yet to be added to
the Olympic roster.....
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Re: Olympics
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: July 29, 2021, 11:57 pm
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Why has this POS not been banned from competing for life?
HTML https://sports.yahoo.com/michael-andrew-defends-refusal-to-wear-mask-after-olympic-disappointment-040216466.html
--- Quote ---
> Tokyo Olympic protocols require mask-wearing in
post-competition "mixed zones," where journalists gather roughly
five feet away from athletes to ask questions. Andrew is not the
only Olympic athlete to break those rules, but he is the first
American swimmer to violate them. All others, ever since the
competition started on Saturday, have given interviews with
masks on.
>
> Andrew carried a mask in his hand and placed it on a table
during the interview. He was twice asked why he was not wearing
one.
>
> "No, no reason," he said. He still did not put it on.
>
> "For me, it's pretty hard to breathe in after kind of
sacrificing my body in the water," he said. "So I feel like my
health is a little more tied to being able to breathe than
protecting what's coming out of my mouth.
> ...
> He was told again that he was the only American swimmer to
walk through the mixed zone without a mask, and again asked why.
>
> "No reason," he reiterated. "I mean, I'll throw it on when I'm
done here. But, just, to speak, it's difficult. You know, other
people can hear me."
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Note the face shape:
[img]
HTML https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/ZmDlp2PDXDv.oijnXau6WQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2021-07/fd620dc0-f0e9-11eb-99db-28f97df9132b[/img]
Changing the subject, I find badminton to be far more
entertaining than tennis as a spectator sport*. Yet it is not
nearly as prestigious (compare the name recognition or wealth of
top badminton players compared to top tennis players). Why not?
Or, to put it another way, what does popular preference for
tennis say about most fans? Are they fans of greater robustness
in general? And to what extent is Eurocentrism a factor?
Compare:
HTML https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/indian-badminton-history-rules-players-sport-game
--- Quote ---
> The exact origins of badminton, till date, remain obscure but
there have been references of games involving shuttlecocks and
rackets in historic records of ancient India, China and Greece.
The mentions dated back almost 2000 years.
--- End Quote ---
HTML https://olympics.com/ioc/news/a-brief-history-of-tennis
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> Designed and codified in England in the 1870s, it is the
direct descendant of jeu de paume, invented in France in the
11th century. The developments of this mediaeval sport,
originally practised with bare hands, like the invention of the
racket in the 16th century and the special scoring system (15,
30, 40, game), led directly to tennis, including its name, from
the French word “tenez!” (in the sense of “here it comes!”),
which you said to your opponent as you were about to serve.
--- End Quote ---
(* Badminton is also much healthier to play:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_injuries
And of course there is another reason to dislike tennis:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_court
)
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Re: Olympics
DIR By: guest55
Date: July 30, 2021, 10:36 pm
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The Turanian blood may be strong in this one:
Tokyo 2020: Iranian refugee thanks Israel after winning silver
--- Quote ---
> "Thank you to Israel for all the good energy – this medal is
dedicated to you as well and I hope Israelis is happy with this
victory, todah," he said.
--- End Quote ---
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> Iranian born judoka Saeid Mollaei has won a silver medal in
the Tokyo 2020 judo tournament as a representative for the
Mongolian team.
> Mollaei was granted refugee status by Germany in 2019 after
fleeing Iran for refusing to forfeit his match against Israeli
judoka Sagi Muki.
> Noting his close friendship with Muki, Israeli channel Sports
5 quoted him as thanking Israel: "Thank you to Israel for all
the good energy – this medal is dedicated to you as well and I
hope Israelis is happy with this victory, todah.
> He received citizenship in Mongolia shortly afterwards, and
was chosen to compete under their flag in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic
Games.
--- End Quote ---
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Saeid_Mollaei_2018.jpg
HTML https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/tokyo-2020-iranian-refugee-who-refused-israel-boycott-wins-silver-medal-675031
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/ancient-world/re-turanian-diffusion/?message=1577
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Re: Olympics
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: July 30, 2021, 10:43 pm
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"The Turanian blood may be strong in this one:"
At least the Iranian gene pool has been improved by him
migrating to Mongolia.
Meanwhile, more unnecessary sexual dimorphism by Western
civilization:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110_metres_hurdles
--- Quote ---
> The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling
track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics
programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is
the 100 metres hurdles.
--- End Quote ---
It used to be even worse:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80_metres_hurdles
--- Quote ---
> 80 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling ran by women until
1972 in international competitions.
>
> Since the 1972 Summer Olympics, the event has been permanently
replaced by the 100 metre hurdles.[1]
--- End Quote ---
But back to the issue of grass playing areas, other sports
played on grass include equestrian, football, golf, hockey,
rugby. Notice a pattern? All sports played on grass are Western!
This goes back to the Western obsession with lawns that we
pointed out earlier:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/western-civilization-is-a-health-hazard/msg37/#msg37
And this is what is left of the grass after a typical match:
HTML https://wrexhamfan.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/muddy_pitch.jpg
HTML https://c8.alamy.com/comp/J4D8JK/stud-marks-on-white-line-on-muddy-sports-pitch-J4D8JK.jpg
HTML https://www.gippslandtimes.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mudatworldhockey_68635.jpg
You get the idea. Why is Western civilization so inferior?
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/misinformation-about-racial-origins/msg7335/#msg7335
#Post#: 7803--------------------------------------------------
Saudi Arabian judoka and Israeli opponent clasp hands in
solidarity after boycotts in men's category
DIR By: Zhang Caizhi
Date: July 31, 2021, 10:04 am
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HTML https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31924092/saudi-arabian-judoka-israeli-opponent-clasp-hands-solidarity-boycotts-men-category
--- Quote ---
>
> Tahani Alqahtani, a Saudi Arabian judoka, fought against her
Israeli opponent, Raz Hershko, in the over-78kg women's category
on Saturday after mounting pressure to follow two Muslim
athletes who boycotted their bouts against Israeli athletes
earlier in the Olympic Games.
>
> At the end of the bout, Alqahtani and Hershko clasped each
other's hands and raised them in the air as a show of
solidarity.
>
> There was doubt over whether the bout would happen after two
judokas in the 73kg men's category boycotted their bouts rather
than take on their Israeli opponents.
>
>
> Tahani Alqahtani of Saudi Arabia, left, and Raz Hershko of
Israel clasp hands after competing in their women's +78kg judo
match. AP Photo/Vincent Thian
> The first to withdraw from the 73kg men's event was Algerian
judoka Fethi Nourine, who, after seeing the competition draw,
decided to quit knowing that he would have to face Israeli
fighter Tohar Butbut en route to the podium. Nourine was set to
face Sudan's Mohamed Abdalrasool in his first bout and had a
good chance of facing Butbul in the second round.
>
> This is the second time Nourine has withdrawn from a
tournament because he was bound to face Butbul. The first one
was at the 2019 World Championships in Japan, where after his
first-round win, he pulled out of his second-round bout against
Butbul. He said at the time that it was part of a protest in
solidarity with Palestinians.
>
> After Nourine pulled out of the Olympic Games, the
International Judo Federation withdrew Nourine's Olympics
accreditation saying his actions were in "total opposition to
our philosophy."
>
> "We worked a lot to reach the Olympics ... but the Palestinian
cause is bigger than all of this," Nourine said, adding that his
decision was "final."
>
> Nourine's withdrawal meant Abdalrasool automatically qualified
to face Butbul, but that bout ended up getting canceled after
Abdalrasool decided to withdraw as well.
>
> The withdrawals left a huge question mark on the fight between
Alqahtani and Hershko, but the bout ended up taking place
according to schedule. Hershko won the fight by a knockout blow,
which is called ippon in Judo, after one minute and 44 seconds.
>
> At the end of the fight, the judokas bowed to one another and
then shook hands, after which Hershko lifted Alqahtani's hand in
the air.
>
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HTML https://i.postimg.cc/Hr12DHZc/Saudi-Israeli-judoka.jpg
HTML https://postimg.cc/Hr12DHZc
#Post#: 7821--------------------------------------------------
Re: Olympics
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: July 31, 2021, 11:27 pm
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Another sexual dimorphism spotted: why is artistic swimming also
for women only? Unsurprisingly, this too is of Western origin:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronized_swimming#History
--- Quote ---
> At the turn of the 20th century, synchronised swimming was
known as water ballet. The first recorded competition was in
1891 in Berlin, Germany. Many swim clubs were formed around that
time, and the sport simultaneously developed in Canada. As well
as existing as a sport, it often constituted a popular addition
to Music Hall evenings, in the larger variety theatres of London
or Glasgow which were equipped with on-stage water tanks for the
purpose.
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At least we get in some Olympic edition dietary decolonization:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q04xMC7xHuA
My favourite comment:
--- Quote ---
> Fitness YouTubers: "you need 5 kilograms of protein while
calculating your macros down to the 5th electron, three leaves
of spinach, an omega 3 fish oil omelette, and one blueberry."
>
> These monsters: "cup o noodles please"
--- End Quote ---
#Post#: 7831--------------------------------------------------
Re: Olympics
DIR By: guest55
Date: August 1, 2021, 1:23 pm
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Trump LOSES IT Over U.S. Women's National Team
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> Isn't Trump suppose to root for the United States?
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udCyWFFw5nM
--- Quote ---
> Wokeness ruins your mind and makes you demented... — Donald
Trump
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This coming from the moron who wanted to inject disinfectant
into people to defeat Covid....
You can't make this shit up and truth is often stranger than
fiction!
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