Summer Olympics Paris - 2024

Messi983

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De Jong just won 3x3 basket gold for the Netherlands against France!

also, USA beat Brazil in volleyball.
 

serghei

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Ioannis Filippatos, head of IBA medical board said yesterday in a press conference that the two boxers now fighting in female division at the Olympics got disqualified from World Championships in 2023 because the chromosome tests of the two athletes showed they have the cellular structure of men. The results showed the presence of a male karyotype is the exact phrasing.

So, either he is lying, or the IOC dropped the ball. Those genetical blood tests are far more relevant than what gender is printed on their passports.

The separation between men and women in sports is tied specifically to these kinds of genetical advantages that cause men to be naturally stronger than women. It's not because one gender has a dick and the other has a vagina.
 
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serghei

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That's oversimplification though. She likely has a syndrome where she has both male and female genetical components in the body. She could have female reproduction organs, which means in day to day life she lives like a woman, but for sports, the presence of Y chromosomes in her cells gives her unfair advantages compared to biological women.

It's unfortunate for this Algerian athlete, but women sports have to be protected from such cases 100%. But if IOC doesn't care about it and is pandering to political agenda, it's up to them to protest.
 

Horatio

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It’s all bollocks. That Algerian fighter has lost 9 times in her career against…you guessed it a woman. Where was the medical scene crying for tests then?

All this uproar started with Italian fighter being poor loser.
 

serghei

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It’s all bollocks. That Algerian fighter has lost 9 times in her career against…you guessed it a woman. Where was the medical scene crying for tests then?

All this uproar started with Italian fighter being poor loser.

What is bollocks? They tested her at the World Championships and failed the test by having male karyotype. That's extremely hard to argue against, but if you do so... please address it, so I can respond to your arguments.
 

Loki

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It's unfortunate for this Algerian athlete, but women sports have to be protected from such cases 100%. But if IOC doesn't care about it and is pandering to political agenda, it's up to them to protest.
If the women tolerate it, they deserve it. No one forces them to fight against men. Just unite and tell IOC either they leave or the men. See how fast they would disqualify the two men.
Against a political agenda, you need to stand up or suffer it. It was, it is and it will always be like that.
 

serghei

Senior Member
If the women tolerate it, they deserve it. No one forces them to fight against men. Just unite and tell IOC either they leave or the men. See how fast they would disqualify the two men.

That's realistically correct. They need to man up and protest about this. Technically, not true though, they should not even have to protest about it. It should not have happened period.

Women vs women, men vs men. Special cases need special events. Women are at a genetical disadvantage vs anyone if you lose these boundaries.
 

Horatio

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What is bollocks? They tested her at the World Championships and failed the test by having male karyotype. That's extremely hard to argue against, but if you do so... please address it, so I can respond to your arguments.
She’s woman. Born woman. Always competed as a woman. Lost 9 times against a woman which I don’t see happening if she should be considered male.

She happened to be stronger than Italian opponent. That’s the nature of sports. Advantages you control(training) and can’t control. If test comes out to prove that…so?
 

serghei

Senior Member
She’s woman. Born woman. Always competed as a woman. Lost 9 times against a woman which I don’t see happening if she should be considered male.

She happened to be stronger than Italian opponent. That’s the nature of sports. Advantages you control(training) and can’t control. If test comes out to prove that…so?

What do you mean born woman? Like having a vagina? That's irrelevant.

This is not the reason men and women sports are separated.

You need to frame your arguments for competitive sports arena. We are not talking about her sex life here.
 

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