Plan to allow transsexuals into Games on back burner

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[Happy2BMe]

Plan to allow transsexuals into Games on back burner

www.chinaview.cn 2004-02-29 11:27:33

    ATHENS, Feb. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- A decision to allow transsexuals to take part in the Olympic Games was put off on Saturday as the IOC executive board failed to reach consensus.

    The decision-making body of the International Olympic Committeehad discussed the emotive subject at a meeting in the Greek capital but had failed to make much progress.

    "The discussion was a difficult discussion for (IOC medical director) Patrick Schamasch and myself who tried to explain a verydifficult medical problem," said IOC president Jacques Rogge.

    The rule would cover both male-to-female and female-to-male cases.

    Some contend that transsexual athletes have a physical advantage against other women, because men are believed to have higher levels of testosterone and greater muscle-to-fat ratio and heart and lung capacity.

    However, doctors say, testosterone levels and muscle mass drop after hormone therapy and sex-change surgery.

    "Even for me it is complicated," Rogge said, "It is much more complicated for someone with no medical training." Enditem

[Happy2BMe]

TRANSexual

[Happy2BMe]

This gives new meaning to the word "TRIAthalon."

[xzins]

Great...Just what we need....a women's olypics 8 years from now filled with guys who had their members cut off --pretending to be women.

I guess that's one way for an average male athlete to get a gold medal.

[The Duke]

Well, at least the pole vault will be more interesting!

[xzins]

Maybe to make it fair they can let the Czech ladies begin steroids and growing body hair again. Remember those late Soviet era 400 meter champs they had?

[autoresponder]

That will kill the Olympics for sure.


Recall how viewers dropped when one network started broadcasting events later as if they were live?

[The Duke]

Hmmmm....puts a whole new spin on the fairy tale about Rapunzel.

Armpit hair???

[Paul C. Jesup]

Great...Just what we need....a women's olypics 8 years from now filled with guys who had their members cut off --pretending to be women.

Oh great someone who know next to nothing on the subject. Anyway, the Russian's were found out that they gave steroids injects to their women athletes in the 80's. Also, with engineered steriods and genetic engineering, I think the Olympics are ALREADY on but joke.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Recall how viewers dropped when one network started broadcasting events later as if they were live?

If you don;t show them live or repeats in the daytime, viewers will not watch.

[Psycho_Bunny]

The politics of morons...

[Happy2BMe]

Perhaps they will have a "special" TRIsexual/TRIAthalon Olympics in San Francisco - with mass (mairrages) and orgies just after they award the medals and for all the "spectators" as well.

[exit82]

The discus event is hereby replaced with the diaphragm throw.

[autoresponder]

Exactly


The worst part is that network (NBC?) had the sports announcers pretending it was live!


Really got to be a joke...

[Paul C. Jesup]

Perhaps they will have a "special" TRIsexual/TRIAthalon Olympics in San Francisco - with mass (mairrages) and orgies just after they award the medals and for all the "spectators" as well.

They already have that, it is held in Norway (it was posted on FR a few years ago).

[MeekOneGOP]

[sphinx]

Some contend that transsexual athletes have a physical advantage against other women, because men are believed to have higher levels of testosterone and greater muscle-to-fat ratio and heart and lung capacity.

"... men are believed to have ...."?????

People who think and write like this must find the world to be a truly baffling place.