Showing posts with label athlete. Show all posts
Showing posts with label athlete. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 03, 2024

16 year old will be youngest male US track & field Olympian ever. Really!

It used to be female gymnastic athletes from former socialist countries like Romania, who tended to become younger and younger with each Olympic Games. 😊

Remember "In 1976, at the age of 14, Nadia Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games [Montreal, Canada]." Source

What about child abuse?

"Track star Quincy Wilson will become the youngest male to compete for the United States in track and field at the Olympics in 2024.

The runner and his coach both publicly confirmed that he was added to the Team USA relay pool for the summer games in Paris following an impressive performance as the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon.

Wilson broke the under-18 world record in the 400 meter that stood for 42 years, only to break the record again in the semifinal two days later. ..."

16 year old will be youngest male US track & field Olympian | Blaze Media



Saturday, August 01, 2015

Transgender For Money And Fame

Posted: 8/1/2015  Update: 8/2/15


Trigger


Just saw this article in the National Review: “Trans Powerlifter: I’m ‘Still Deciding’ Whether to Compete as a Man or a Woman”. Then, there is of course Bruce Jenner (his possible motto: The show must go on! (just kidding)).


Men Competing In Female Sports Or Vice Versa


Would not be easier for let’s say less than top notch male athlete to compete in female sport events even at Olympic Games to win and become famous? Or what if Usain Bolt decides to change his gender and compete against women any time soon?


Vice versa how about transgendered female jockeys in the Kentucky Derby and so on.


Who remembers the controversies surrounding female Olympic athletes coming from the former USSR or communist block countries who were accused of taking hormones that made them look like men?


Has the time finally come that men and women compete directly in sport events as well? E.g. at the famous Wimbledon Tennis Tournament? At least this would remove any equal pay issues or would it not?


Disclaimer

This is not to say that all humans having the desire to become transgender are just motivated by money and fame.