• 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.