OT, Olympics T&F 100 meters

[bobswire]

Looks like a woman version of Usain Bolt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPLp-961E9Q

[CampyorBust]

Ha, more like the BFG, did you see those strides? Cross the English channel in one hop with legs like that, unfair advantage = doper for sure.

Of course smiling ist verboten in Germany so no surprises there.

[verticaldoug]

It looks that way because European Sprinters are so weak.

At last week's US Olympic Trials, she'd have finished 4th behind Gardner 10.74, Bartoletta 10.78 and Bowie 10.78.

Schippers is a better 200m runner.

Bowie vs Schippers from Eugene earlier this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSu9qP8Ydps

[RFC]

I love fast women! ;) Seriously, I could watch T&F all day.

[verticaldoug]

I look forward to the W800. I'd like to see Castor Semenya smash the world record in the race much like David Rudisha did the men's in 2012.

She has endured all that gender test bull**** and so deserves the glory.

[bobswire]

It looks that way because European Sprinters are so weak.

At last week's US Olympic Trials, she'd have finished 4th behind Gardner 10.74, Bartoletta 10.78 and Bowie 10.78.

Schippers is a better 200m runner.

Bowie vs Schippers from Eugene earlier this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSu9qP8Ydps

Obviously I don't watch much T&F beyond the Olympics. Bowie is really something.

[wallymann]

She has endured all that gender test bull**** and so deserves the glory.

regardless of gender, semenya has an UNFAIR ADVANTAGE: testicles and the testosterone they produce. semenya racing with women is a sham.

[72gmc]

I also love T&F. Looking forward to the clips, thanks for posting them. Semenya is a magnificent athlete with no fair chair to sit in.

[cadence90]

The US Trials were great to watch, but I'm sad that Felix won't be able to do the 200/400 double.

I hope that Bolt amazes us all once again.

[verticaldoug]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/magazine/the-humiliating-practice-of-sex-testing-female-athletes.html?_r=0

NY Times Mag on the Humiliating Practice of Sex-Testing Female Athletes.

[Len J]

Here is the best, most objective thing I've read that details the tradeoffs.

http://sportsscientists.com/2016/05/hyperandrogenism-women-vs-women-vs-men-sport-qa-joanna-harper/

I's a little long, but if you want to understand the real issues around the SA 800 meter runner and the issues she exposes, it's worth the read.

[wallymann]

Here is the best, most objective thing I've read that details the tradeoffs.

http://sportsscientists.com/2016/05/hyperandrogenism-women-vs-women-vs-men-sport-qa-joanna-harper/

I's a little long, but if you want to understand the real issues around the SA 800 meter runner and the issues she exposes, it's worth the read.

this is it. semenya has testicles, which gives her a HUGE ADVANTAGE over the rest of the women competitors. testosterone occurs naturally in women (most of whom do not have testicles), but when a woman has testicles the amount of testosterone present is MASSIVELY HIGHER than what occurs w/o testicles. and the positive effects of testosterone on athletic performance are beyond question.

i agree the "gender verification" is indeed humiliating, IAAF screwed this up, big time. but the idea that semenya competes on a level playing field with non-testicle-equipped women is a complete farce.

does anyone "of a certain age" remember the saga of Renee Richards? she agrees that having testosterone gave her a huge unfair advantage of her women competitors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Richards

Richards has since expressed ambivalence about her legacy, and came to believe her past as a man provided her with advantages over her competitors, saying “Having lived for the past 30 years, I know if I’d had surgery at the age of 22, and then at 24 went on the tour, no genetic woman in the world would have been able to come close to me.”

[cadence90]

He's back!

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoACDrOXgAE-P-x.jpg:small

http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article8476288.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Jamaicas-Usain-Bolt-celebrates-after-winning-the-Mens-200m.jpg

Usain Bolt destroying the field in the London Diamond League 200m today, after a few delays... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64eyNqoDzuc)






Ans she should be there....:(
Poor Keni Harrison, in a dominant season, finished 5th at the US Trials and so won't be in Rio.

So, all she did today was break a 28-year old WR...12.20!

Keni Harrison double-destroying the field in setting the 100m Hurdles WR (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8anuMyJU2k)

Four-time Olympic champion and BBC Sport pundit Michael Johnson said he had "never seen a race like that".

He added: "That record stood for 28 years, and could stand for another 28 years.

"She was almost a hurdle ahead of a world-class field. So much can go wrong in a hurdles race but she was flawless.

"I am so happy for her because it would have been a long difficult summer with her not going to Rio, but that world record makes up for it."

http://video.newsserve.net/v/20160722/1607222043-IAAF-Diamond-League-World-Record-for-Women.jpg

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cn_0UgBVYAAefyx.jpg:small

[oldpotatoe]

regardless of gender, semenya has an UNFAIR ADVANTAGE: testicles and the testosterone they produce. semenya racing with women is a sham.

Looked this up, had no idea..don't follow T/F...yikes....:eek:

[CampyorBust]

this is it. semenya has testicles, which gives her a HUGE ADVANTAGE over the rest of the women competitors. testosterone occurs naturally in women (most of whom do not have testicles), but when a woman has testicles the amount of testosterone present is MASSIVELY HIGHER than what occurs w/o testicles. and the positive effects of testosterone on athletic performance are beyond question.

+1 Testicles and a stashe hmmm

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/PedalPusher33/star_trek_memes_so_nerdy_theyre_actually_funny_640 _28_zps7vx8q0e6.jpg

[72gmc]

That race by Keni Harrison. Wow.

[cadence90]

That race by Keni Harrison. Wow.

She's so fantastic. I really wish she could be in Rio.

[adub]

In T&F 100m if they grouped individuals based on testosterone levels there would only be one classification anyhow..

[RFC]

+1 Testicles and a stashe hmmm

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/PedalPusher33/star_trek_memes_so_nerdy_theyre_actually_funny_640 _28_zps7vx8q0e6.jpg


The man who only mates outside of his species.

[CampyorBust]

The man who only mates outside of his species.

Not entirely true, I like human women from what you would recognize to be De Mairan's Nebula in the Orion constipation (even better than Risa, Riker dont know nuthin). Their eyes have the deepest gaze ever, they are not offsprings of Lilith and have a rather nice badonkadonk to boot. Though honestly there is no better mating experience than a link with the Founders, a truly euphoric experience. Plus if you fancy the traditional limited form of physical copulation the Founders can take shape of whatever one fancies, wicker lawn furniture with two Andorian female faces for example (with adjustable antennae length and cherries on top). However they don’t like lace lingerie, they find it demeaning, I can’t figure out why? :D