Anyway. Enough about that before we get smacked down by the TPU gods.
I see the Olympics pretty much like Eurovision or any other awards show of late. Not worth watching.
TPU is monotheistic. W1zzard is God. We are his minions, you are his subjects.
As for your comment, yeah, this is TPU and it's not really the place for a topic that generates so much toxicity. Suffice to say, from a sports science perspective (my educational background), the onset of testosterone in healthy males at puberty creates a physiological environment that women cannot generally match. Strong muscles can produce more force, and more force creates stronger bones. It doesn't matter if testosterone blockers are used later to reduce free testosterone blood levels, the 'foundation' benefits of testosterone are there. From that physiological viewpoint, it isn't
logical to allow a testosterone advantage to be carried over to a female sporting category. In the same way, animal studies have shown that once steroids are given to mice (yup, there are studies), even when clear of steroids, the previously doped mice retain more muscle than undoped mice could achieve. I think athletes caught doping should be banned for life. But to throw in a spanner: there are a few intersex athletes out there. They can have both sets of organs inside (uterus and testicles). That's the hardest category to define.
As for doping. A lot of athletes do drugs, but there is a culture difference between personal pride and success, and national pride and victory for the country. For western athletes, sure, they'll dope, but if caught, they'll be sanctioned (being caught was the crime). For the others, it's often state sponsored and just denied. FWIW, Russian athletes are allowed to compete under a neutral flag.
Away from controversy, for my part, I'll be watching the climbing. Love it.
I was reading tonight and came across some interesting letters sent from medieval times in England.
That's 1000x worse than saying, 'I believe it because some guy on you tube said so.'
