I have started a pool on the Paris Mater and took the liberty of using the name saruckersforum on the Soperbru progam vonmcerned.
I hope that all ou members wgo wish to parake in selections of prformrs would participate an hope that as many members as possible would becme involved nu registering of their application fo membership in he Superbru cometiton on the Olympics. Hope you join all in tht sries, .
An nu parake vonmcerned wgo prformrs tht ou becme sries cometition?
Wrong section, it sould be in udder sports
Ut othr ruhgby sortys.
Ou Maaik, I'll ask this in Shitoric in the hope that you might understand . . .
Wyh arey ou stop maikin&%g piks in teh o L Ympic Superbru comp?
Are it b=cuase:
a) Yuo are gesuip agen nd fo=rget?
b) Rooinek hav mor tahn dubel teh pionts waht yu hav and yuo ar a saw looser?
c) yOu are not wacht olYmpicks eny mor affter the Rhugby 7s semmy?
d) Sumw0ne are steel yuor parsewerd and you kant not loggin?
e) It are two hard and it make yor brane ov3rheat?
I did not realize that Schoemacker got married and is now uses her married surname of Smith in rgistation fo the OG. In any event as far as I an make out she did win the 100 meter breatstroke gold. Great achievement, anyway, Wanted to see the swim - but could not find it on the internet. Can anybody help in that regard,
It always amazes me how few medals SA win at the Olympics.
Fabulous win…winning a very competitive race with a perfect touch. She looked out of it at 30 metres. She now has a gold in the 100m to go along with her 200m gold in Tokyo. A competitor, perhaps she could help the Proteas as a sort of mental coach..
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C2XvI3MbVLk
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https://www.pm.gov.au/media/gold-medal-investment-our-elite-athletes
Gold medal investment in our elite athletes Media release Friday 28 June 2024The Albanese Government has delivered the largest ever investment in Olympic and Paralympic sports to help our brilliant athletes achieve glory on world stages.
A record $283 million in new money will flow to our elite athletes, coaches and support staff over the next two years in a historic show of support on the path to Brisbane 2032.
This investment represents a 50 per cent increase on the previous Government’s 2021- 2022 high performance funding.
It also represents a doubling of the investment the previous Government made for Paralympic athletes.
This new funding is in addition to our $102.8 million annual grant funding and brings the Government’s total high-performance investment to $489m over two years.
The funding package for Paralympians is the biggest ever, as the Albanese Government addresses systemic and structural barriers to performance for para athletes that had been ignored for too long.
The investment will be a major boost for Aussie spirits ahead of Paris next month, and will strengthen Australia’s hopes for gold at LA in 2028, Brisbane in 2032, Winter and Commonwealth Games events.
The funding will create more opportunities and better development pathways for high performance athletes to thrive while inspiring the next generation of Australians to be more active.
The historic investment includes:
Investment in our Paralympic athletes and sports will more than double, with $54.9 million in additional funding - the biggest ever Paralympic spend by an Australian Government.
The funding increase will deliver better classification opportunities, access to fit-for-purpose training environments and specialised coaching and performance support.
“We’re cheering on all our athletes heading to Paris. We are so proud of them and my Government is backing Aussie athletes with record funding.”
“This is the biggest investment any government has made in our Olympic and Paralympic sports and will help athletes achieve glory on world stages.
“Today’s commitment brings the Albanese Government’s sport announcements in this Budget to $753.1m, including the $249.7 million investment to revitalise the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) campus in Canberra.
“We have also committed $200m to the Play Our Way fund, the biggest infrastructure program ever for women and girls sport, and invested more than $20m in the Netball World Cup and Women’s Asian Cup.
“We’re giving our future Olympic and Paralympic teams what they need to succeed with upgraded training facilities, the best coaching and support staff and cost-of-living assistance.
“We’ll all be cheering on the Green and Gold in a few weeks when Paris 24 begins and this funding again proves the Albanese Government is committed to sport – from playground to podium.”
“We have said many times that a successful home Games needs a successful home team, so this injection of funds at this time is fundamentally important to that outcome.
“The additional money direct to the sports is very good news while the lift in dAIS funding to cover more athletes is critical to giving them the confidence that they can focus on putting in the huge amount of work that is necessary to represent Australia on the international stage.
“It further builds on the investment in the AIS announced recently by Sports Minister Wells to again make that facility a hub of sporting excellence.
“The Prime Minister clearly gets what the Olympic sports do for this country so we thank him his commitment to helping our sports and our athletes.
“This funding increase is a very important start to help our athletes be their best, inspire the generations to come and to build a strong sports system to support them all.
“The AOC also welcomes the lift in Paralympic funding which will benefit the sports which run both Olympic and Paralympic programs.”
"This new investment from the Federal Government will bring about monumental generational change for Para-sport in Australia.
“Paralympics Australia commends the Federal Government, in particular the Prime Minister and Federal Sports Minister, for their visionary leadership and for recognising the immense impact that this investment can deliver.
"Since 2000, Australia's investment in Para-sport has fallen well behind many of our rivals, allowing them to catch up. This funding marks a much-needed reset, positioning Australia to regain its competitive edge in time for the Paralympic Games in 2028 and our Games at home in 2032.”
Blob…..Australia are third in the Medal Table.
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No question Leon Marchand is the star of the show so far.
Agreed on Marchand…Pan Zhanle who smashed the 100 metres by 0.4 seconds perhaps the single most impressive performance.
Yes guys, that Algerian is a man and they’ve just condoned him beating up a woman in the name of sport.
It’s a disgrace.
It beggars belief, it really does.
Outrageous & hopefully the fallout from this will result in a reversal in this disgusting bollocks.
So now they cheat because of this Gender nonsense allowed by dumb fucking political people!! It’s fucking disgusting and a Disgrace…There is only 2 genders, Man or Woman. Case closed.
Its more complicated than that.
You guys are aware that neither Imane Khelif or Taiwanese boxer Li Yu-ting are actually trans?
They have always competed in the female category and have done so for years without issue, passing all eligibility and criteria tests up till failing a test by the IBA last year which apparently revealed the presence of the male XY chromosomes.
The IOC have accused the IBA of making arbitrary changes to their testing system and not providing details on what the tests involved.
There is also accusations going round of bad blood between the the Russian led IBA and the IOC, considering athletes are banned from competing under the Russian flag.
The two competitor's did meet the eligibility requirement for competing in the Olympics with Imane Khelif having competed in the Tokyo Olympics where she placed 5th.
So the issue here isn't that these two are trans people, but is more likely a question of DSD or differences in sex development, which can result in outwardly female individuals having male chromosomes or anatomy.
Take the case of Caster Semenya the runner who won two Gold medals. She was considered female at birth, but has the intersex condition called 5-ARD something that only the male XY chromosome is affected by. She has a vagina, but also undescended testicles and her testosterone levels are considered in the male range. She didn't know about this until tests revealed it and only found out the same time everyone else did.
With the current two competitors we don't know what their medical history is. Its likely these athletes outwardly appear female, where brought up as female, consider themselves female and their family and friends consider them female. They may have a form of DSD, which they may or may not be aware of. DSD can vary in how significant an affect it has on the person's autonomy. If they do have DSD, then it raises the question of whether they should be allowed compete or not on the grounds of whether they have an unfair advantage or not, but should they be penalised for something that occurred naturally. Its a complicated issue.
However people need to lay of the argument that this is two men pretending to be women or believe its case of the IOC caving into pressure to allow trans people to compete.
A biological male can never be female.
This is the sick insane WOKE world wide movement screwing up everything in their quest to futher their disgusting morals.
Yes I agree becs and no female has a set of b---s as well.
An absolute disgrace to humanity and the Olympics.
Shocking and an illustration of just how low the human race is able to go.
Wake up folks.