• Fazoo@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    They should just be banned entirely. How many doping scandals does it take? The presence of their athletes is all Russia cares about. They’ll Photoshop in some flags and parade it around state TV.

    • radiofreeval [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think that’s fair to the athletes. They have all worked super hard to make it to the olympics and they shouldn’t be banned because of their birthplace.

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        1 year ago

        They are not allowed to represent their birthplace because the birthplace actively financing and supporting systematic doping. That is not the same as they are being banned.

        I have no understanding for why you want to represent that.

        • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          1 year ago

          Why should doping even be illegal? You sound a lot like chuds talking about trans athletes

          Competition will never be perfectly fair, Michael Phelps is a genetic freak who’s just better at swimming than most people due to his insane lung capacity but he’s still allowed to compete

          • 0xACAB [she/her]@hexbear.net
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            1 year ago

            To be fair doping is literally cheating and causing further damage to already exploited athletes, where as being trans just makes you cool as hell

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think it’s fair to the other athletes who also worked super hard to make it to the Olympics. It’s not a prestigious competition if it’s full of cheaters.