Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Sports, Hobbies & Interests => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on April 10, 2024, 01:27:51 PM
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World Athletics to give prize money at the Olympics. Feels odd but the idea of it being for amateurs was long gone.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/68778225
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The amateur code in sport sounds noble - doing it for love, not money - but in practise tends to exclude working-class athletes, who have to work for a living and have limited time for training, and favour the wealthy, for the opposite reason. Politics, likewise, was largely limited to the rich until MPs were paid.
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The amateur code in sport sounds noble - doing it for love, not money - but in practise tends to exclude working-class athletes, who have to work for a living and have limited time for training, and favour the wealthy, for the opposite reason. Politics, likewise, was largely limited to the rich until MPs were paid.
As noted, the Olympics being for amateurs is long gone. Having prize money at the Olympics is a different question. Arguably, winning at the Olympics in a high profile sport is going to do more for an athletes earning power than any prize but at the same time, if people are making profits from your effort, some form of reward seems only fair.
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Triathlon swimming may be cancelled because of water quality
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/68777061
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Opening ceremony may be changed due to security concerns
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68815081
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Hijab or not hijab, c'est la question...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/68739487
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Other sports federations objecting to the athletics prize money
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/68857933
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A battle of the ages in the marathon?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/ck5kgd5erz0o
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The potential UK qualifiers, and assorted others, in tennis
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/crgypljplpzo
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Alcaraz and Nadal to play in doubles.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cd1122l3zrko
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Bloke stopped from competing in women's swimming.
Good
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/other/transgender-swimmer-cant-compete-in-olympics-after-losing-legal-battle/ar-BB1o7DeL
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Katie Archibald out after falling over step in garden
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cj556zqy6n1o
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No UK men's rugby 7s in Olympics
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c2vvvedxne2o
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And no women's 800m reigning champion in Olympics.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/ce558vmp48jo
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No reigning women's 100m/200m champion either.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c4ngdwv573wo
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But the amazing Simone Biles will be in Paris
https://www.bbc.com/sport/gymnastics/articles/cyr7dv18j1do
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And a gender balanced Afghanistan team , if not quite to the Taliban's taste.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/ckdgr1845pno
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I love this idea
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Charlotte Dujardin out of the Olympics after 'error of judgement'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/equestrian/articles/c97d4vnxv45o
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Sport starts today with football and rugby 7s. Opening ceremony Friday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/paris-2024/schedule/2024-07-24
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2 staff members sent home by Canada
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c1vd91envz2o
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Opening ceremony Friday. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/paris-2024/schedule/2024-07-24
And what are the chances that President Macron will open the games by parachuting from a helicopter accompanied by Chief Inspector Maigret?
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And what are the chances that President Macron will open the games by parachuting from a helicopter accompanied by Chief Inspector Maigret?
;)
I would prefer Clouseau
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Win for Spain, draw for Argentina v Morocco in the football. Draw for France in the rugby 7s vs USA. I think France and USA are playing this evening in the football as well. If It's a draw there, not sure what makes best of three.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/live/clmy50ryknzt
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Ireland beat Sth Africa in the rugby 7s. The sports that happen before the Opening Ceremony always have a nicely illicit feel for me.
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Win for Spain, draw for Argentina v Morocco in the football. Draw for France in the rugby 7s vs USA. I think France and USA are playing this evening in the football as well. If It's a draw there, not sure what makes best of three.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/live/clmy50ryknzt
Well not a draw yet between Argentina and Morooco. Goal disallowed and back for 3 minutes of added time after 15 minutes of added time on a now empty stadium. Bizarre.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cv2gzll8wn5o
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Murray will only play doubles
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cjr4pzdlk77o
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Radcliffe apologises for wishing convicted rapist luck.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cd10pyd7e2zo
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If Djokovic and Nadal win their first round matches, they will play each other.
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This is quite French so far
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What fresh, French hell is this?
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What fresh, French hell is this?
For context when I made that comment I had seen Lady Gaga's performance. Apparently, she rehearsed for two months. So I won't get back 5 minutes of my life and she won't get back 2 months of hers. I then witnessed perhaps the most badly coordinated can-can dance I have ever seen, followed by some appalling catwalk nonsense.
The whole thing was redeemed somewhat by the ending, Celine Dion (some of you will be aware I am not a huge fan of hers) was, I have to admit, magnificent and the whole balloon thing and light show was great.
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For context when I made that comment I had seen Lady Gaga's performance. Apparently, she rehearsed for two months. So I won't get back 5 minutes of my life and she won't get back 2 months of hers. I then witnessed perhaps the most badly coordinated can-can dance I have ever seen, followed by some appalling catwalk nonsense.
The whole thing was redeemed somewhat by the ending, Celine Dion (some of you will be aware I am not a huge fan of hers) was magnificent and the whole balloon thing and light show was great.
I didn't make it to the catwalk. I watched later on for the slow progress of the torch - I caught up with it as Nadal sped down the Seine. I agree the balloon and Dion were great.
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Rugby 7s been great so far and an incredible match in the final tonight at 18.45 with France v Fiji in final.
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Rugby 7s been great so far and an incredible match in the final tonight at 18.45 with France v Fiji in final.
Superb win for France. Superb for Dupont, surely will carry the flag for France at the closing ceremony.
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Quite extraordinary
https://metro.co.uk/2024/07/27/canada-get-points-deduction-coach-banned-fifa-drone-spying-scandal-21310665/
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Lovely tribute to David Wilkie on BBC tonight
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'Olympics commentator axed over sexist remark' - not even given the chance to apologise, it would seem.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cprq880yz0xo
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Nadal v Djokovic on now. Nadal struggling a bit.
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Mens mountain bike , brilliant comeback from a puncture for our man.
Overtake on the last lap straight out of Lewis Hamilton playbook!
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Mens GB tennis doubles, compelling viewing for deciding tiebreaker!
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Men's triathlon postponed, and may become a duathlon.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c4ngjz32j4do
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Biles is just an incredible athlete
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/crg7d13ymx3o
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Andy Murray still not retired
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Two individual golds in one session for Marchand.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cw0yvx14nl4o
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Enjoy watching the rowing where you see Matthew Pinsent and Katherine Grainger talking to each other, and appear like 2 entirely normal sized people.
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Some brilliant pictures
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-c9425ca9-5c30-4ae0-b059-3eae6abcc18f
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Marchand!
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Djokovic's win is, even for him, quite extraordinary.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cjk33v1n8n4o
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Great win for Hogkinson
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c5yllrp57dno
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Utterly dominant from Duplantis.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c17ggrnv2eno
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Watching the men's speed climbing where Sam Watson has just set a new world record of 4.75 seconds. I'm not sure I could match his vertical speed horizontally.
Here's a video of the previous world record
https://youtu.be/acUDy8hW5_s?si=pKVNxArjE-I1CKhK
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Watching the men's speed climbing where Sam Watson has just set a new world record of 4.75 seconds. I'm not sure I could match his vertical speed horizontally.
Here's a video of the previous world record
https://youtu.be/acUDy8hW5_s?si=pKVNxArjE-I1CKhK
Here he is setting the new world record today. It's mesmerising.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/videos/c1k332gjwg3o
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Tebogo - What a race!
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But this is amazing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/ceq5x5zzwyxo
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Breaking makes its Olympic debut
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/extra/68hxs9lsfb/breaking-the-new-olympic-sport-for-2024-explained
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Breaking makes its Olympic debut
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/extra/68hxs9lsfb/breaking-the-new-olympic-sport-for-2024-explained
Hmmm!!
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Breaking makes its Olympic debut
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/extra/68hxs9lsfb/breaking-the-new-olympic-sport-for-2024-explained
Meanwhile we're half way through the second day of competition in the Modern Pentathlon, and I've still yet to hear the BBC mention either of our defending Olympic champions who've been in action...
O.
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Richard Osman on how you know you are aging
https://x.com/richardosman/status/1821623724757442586
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Hmmm!!
Hmmm!! indeed
https://youtu.be/TOIVegGLrzQ?si=UXAALPxSY1MpIJI_
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Meanwhile we're half way through the second day of competition in the Modern Pentathlon, and I've still yet to hear the BBC mention either of our defending Olympic champions who've been in action...
O.
Some coverage today. I think the structure of the competition with semi finals and the spread over the days has caused issues but agree that the BBC seems a bit embarrassed by it.
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The climbing final is oddly hypnotic, as so often the slightly less well known sports can be. I can feel my body tensing as they go up.
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And now a 2 week wait for the Paralympics!
O.
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The climbing final is oddly hypnotic, as so often the slightly less well known sports can be. I can feel my body tensing as they go up.
I've been regularly climbing (bouldering and lead) for around 14 years now. Great to see it in the Olympics and great to see Toby win gold. Not a fan of speed though.