this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2024
84 points (92.9% liked)
Out of the loop
10780 readers
1 users here now
A community that helps people stay up to date with things going on.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Remember when the Olympics was about sending ordinary people who were good at a skill to compete, instead of a life-long career pushing body and tech to the edge to see who would win the arms race of a sport?
I don't either, it's been a while. As a 70s kid it was the same as it is now, just less knowledge of how to squeeze everything out of an athlete.
Don't give up hope! We still have a long way to go in terms of optimal athlete squeezing π
Can't wait til they allow doping! π·πΊπ€© /s
They don't allow doping? π¨π³π
And best of all, in a ton of countries, once these athletes have competed, they STILL won't make much money to make up for the years of hardcore work to reach this level and make their country proud.