Olympic thread

I disagree. If there are xy chromosomes then you shouldn't compete in a female category in sport, especially in contact sports.

 

You’ve completely (intentionally) missed the point. She is and always has been a woman. Shes not transgender, she’s not “a man”. She has a medical condition that causes her to have increased testosterone levels.

Should that mean she shouldn’t be able to compete? Maybe, that’s not a decision for me to make. The fact is you and others are using this to further your bigoted agenda against trans people that you’ve shown on here before. It’s frankly pathetic especially when she’s from a country where being transgender is illegal and pushing this narrative online could easily put her freedom and life at risk.

 

Is Andy MacMurray out of the tennis yet ?.

 

Hopefully she doesn’t have any medical conditions!

 

I'm not missing the point @BarnsleyReds , she could have put her opponents life at risk it is wrong and unfair and nothing to do with being anti trans.

 

I'll be honest I fell for misinformation earlier about her being trans but this is clearly not the case after doing a bit more research.

So genuinely asking- does she have both sets of genitals or does she have all female and purely just heightened testosterone? If thats the case I'd have her down as female for sure but like I said this stuff is not black and white at all if she has being like this from birth. I do still feel for these other women though, its almost like fighting someone who has loads of steroids in them, etc..

 

Can you clarify this please Helen?

 

Yes female genitals, but is unlikely to be able to conceive without hormone replacement therapy due to her heightened testosterone levels.

 

Anyone else getting sick of the swimming every night? Bring on the athletics.

 

They do every distance in 4 different strokes, plus individual medleys, relay, relay medleys, etc, etc.

The equivalent in Athletics would be a race for the100m running, then another for the100m hopping, then another for the 100m skipping, then another for the 100m running backwards. Then onto the 200m...

And then of course the individual 4x100m running, hopping, skipping and running backwards medley.

Having said that, if GB were winning a load of swimming medals I'd have no problem at all.

 

I keep saying this to the wife but she just looks blankly at me.

 

I think they should have hopping, skipping and sack races!

 

Absolutely love the BMX racing! Beth is killing it.

 

She was so far in front in the races I saw it was like she was in a different post code!

 

All female

 

By your logic Tyson fury should be banned from boxing because he's so strong he could kill me if he hit me
Right?

 

They'll be putting snooker and pool, and darts and dominoes, in the Olympics next.

 

Michael Phelps should have been banned because he was genetically superior at swimming

 

Are you a trained boxer and would you be in the heavyweight class?

 

Genetically part dolphin

'Phelps is also said to be double-jointed, according to a Detroit News blog. His size-14 feet reportedly bend 15 degrees farther at the ankle than most other swimmers, turning his feet into virtual flippers'