#Rio2016 : All Things Olympian

[pErvinalia]

There's an American sprinter in the 4x100 with the last name "Gay".

Hehehe..

[Hermit]

There's an American sprinter in the 4x100 with the last name "Gay".

Hehehe..

So, if his team wins, will it have a Golden Gaytime?

[Feck]

It seems what sex you are doesn't matter anymore ! any bloke can take hormones to reduce testosterone levels and by the magic of Olympic rules they become women ...

[Feck]

nor, it seems, does being caught as a drugs cheat TWICE in the last three years count for anything. Yuliya Efimova proved that .

[pErvinalia]

It seems what sex you are doesn't matter anymore ! any bloke can take hormones to reduce testosterone levels and by the magic of Olympic rules they become women ...

Casta Semenya? I was trying to explain to my kids what was going on there. I've forgotten her/his back story, so I was struggling to explain it to them...

[Scot Dutchy]

Thank fuck it is almost over.

[pErvinalia]

Yep. Sick of watching Australian's choke. Going to watch the Australia v Spain men's basketball bronze medal match tonight. I expect us to choke. Again.

[Scot Dutchy]

Yep. Sick of watching Australian's choke. Going to watch the Australia v Spain men's basketball bronze medal match tonight. I expect us to choke. Again.

We are the same old chum. Women's handball and hockey teams both losing in the final. The hockeysters were very disappointing especially losing to England (it had only had English players). The hockey men were terrible.

Poor old Brazil had the illusion it beat the German football team. That was Germany's second eleven as the first refused to play for what was offered.

The NBA is paying their basketball players a small fortune.

[pErvinalia]

Our hockey teams were a massive dissapointment. Should have been battling it out for gold with the Netherlands.

[pErvinalia]

Jeez, lost to Spain by one point.

[rainbow]

Caster wins

[Scot Dutchy]

Well it is over (TF!!!). Now poor old Brasil has to pick up the tab.

I suppose the stadiums will end up in the same mess as in Mexico City. Never paid for and left derelict.

[rachelbean]

It seems what sex you are doesn't matter anymore ! any bloke can take hormones to reduce testosterone levels and by the magic of Olympic rules they become women ...

Casta Semenya? I was trying to explain to my kids what was going on there. I've forgotten her/his back story, so I was struggling to explain it to them...

She has "hyperandrogenism" meaning her testosterone levels are naturally much higher than other women. So fucking what, the entire olympics is built on people who have better or freakish genetics in one way or the other combined with hard work and training. Unless you are going to try and level the playing field on all the other levels (which kind of defeats the purpose) then it's her advantage to have and use all she can.

So no, any bloke can not take hormones and become a woman for the olympics and those women that do have higher testosterone have to go through tests and scrutiny as well as hateful comments and constant questioning despite the fact they are working as hard and using their natural abilities just like anyone else.

[Feck]

Thus why the Olympic rules about Testosterone levels are a joke . My point was that sex cannot be determined testosterone levels .

[Scot Dutchy]

It seems what sex you are doesn't matter anymore ! any bloke can take hormones to reduce testosterone levels and by the magic of Olympic rules they become women ...

Casta Semenya? I was trying to explain to my kids what was going on there. I've forgotten her/his back story, so I was struggling to explain it to them...

She has "hyperandrogenism" meaning her testosterone levels are naturally much higher than other women. So fucking what, the entire olympics is built on people who have better or freakish genetics in one way or the other combined with hard work and training. Unless you are going to try and level the playing field on all the other levels (which kind of defeats the purpose) then it's her advantage to have and use all she can.

So no, any bloke can not take hormones and become a woman for the olympics and those women that do have higher testosterone have to go through tests and scrutiny as well as hateful comments and constant questioning despite the fact they are working as hard and using their natural abilities just like anyone else.

Yep Phelps has the most perfect body for swimming. He should be banned for being too perfect. If it is natural then it should be allowed.