2028 Summer Olympics: This seems like a really, really bad idea

[ticapnews]

Just in time for the Olympic Games in the United States, the IOC declared that transgender female athletes will not be allowed to participate in the female events at the Olympics.

In a related story, the IOC also banned tall people from basketball.

 

[MichVandal]

The ultimate boogyman.

Even though the real predators are the men who are preying on male children. And the actual number of trans athletes is really, really, really small.

But I can't be shocked by that move anymore.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Slightly OT, but would love to see 70 year-old Marita Koch try this without the oral turabinol this time.

 

[Jimjamesak]

We have a new World Record in the Mile.

Josh Kerr of the UK set a new World Record time of 3:42.66 at the London Diamond League.

 

[Kepler]

Why are Brits so good at this?

Also:

> was oliver heaviside related to the j heaviside who broke the mile record?

Yes, the British physicist and mathematician Oliver Heaviside was related to the J. Heaviside who set early mile records. [1, 2]
The J. Heaviside who broke the world record in the mile (with times of 4:55 in April 1861 and 4:49 in May 1861) was Oliver's first cousin. [1]
The J. Heaviside on the track was an Irish-born runner named John Heaviside (or sometimes referred to historically as J. Heaviside of the United Kingdom). In 1861, his 4:49 mile was a standout athletic achievement during the early days of recorded track and field. [1]