Paralympics - Why?

[bamboo]

Quite right..

and pasty white men shouldn't be allowed to take part in any of the running events, including the long jump etc.
I mean it's not like a pasty white, ginger guy (called Greg) is ever going to win that...

black people shouldn't be allowed in the pool. Not when decent and law abiding white people are using it.

asians shouldn't be allowed to enter any of the ball sports.

the alleged able-bodied british men's 100m relay team should've been put in a sack and thrown in the canal, when they were babies.

Just in case you're a moron, the above comments are sarcastic, except maybe the last one, as they truly are a national embarrassment, on a regular basis.

Sarah Storey must really piss you right off.
a. she's a woman.
b. she's a paralympian, who's won many medals in both swimming and cycling.
In fact, she's that good a cyclist, she only just missed out on being part of the Olympic female pursuit team. I understand the time that she posted in Beijing, would've put her on the podium in the Olympic event.

Just try watching it for a while. You'll soon find that their disability stops registering and you just get drawn in to that particular event and in most cases, it's at least as entertaining as the able bodied sports. In certain events, it's kicked the olympic's arse for sporting entertainment.

[Dick Moby]

I didn't realise that there were so many masochists

[Essex Lad]

Porn Baron wrote:

These people are good role models
> for kids.
>
Are they? Don't you have to have something that you can identify with in your role models? Do you think kids watch and think, "I want to be like that bloke with no legs"?

[Porn Baron]

How about a disabled guy running 10.46secs to win the 100m? How about looking past the disability?

But you are probably right.

Everyone wants to be x factor celebrity or Wayne Rooney or in my nephews case a rich banker !cigar! They want everything easy with no hard work.

[Sam Slater]

Steve, oh, Steve. You don't post for yonks and then return with a bit of trolling.

[Essex Lad]

That's the thing though we don't/can't look beyond the disability.

i didn't see it but I was told that there was a men's race in which one competitor had no legs and those blade things and was competing against some others who had one leg and one blade thing. If true, they aren't at the same level and should be in separate races, which is why it's not really a true representation of sport.

[bamboo]

If you had watched it, then you'd have had the explanation on how the classification system works.

Would you class some of the FA Cup third round matches as a true representation of sport?
e.g. Manchester City with all it's multi-million pound full time professional players, ultra modern training facilities, masses of support staff etc,etc,etc.
v's
Non League Country Bumpkin FC, whose players, to a man, all have 'proper' jobs and don't have any facilities to speak of and train once or twice a week.

Yes they've all got the same number of limbs, no disabilities etc but they're practically galaxies apart in skill and preparation.

The odd big team will be 'giant killed' and the non-leaguers will be patronised for a week or two but we all know that they will never win the cup.

Hardly fair is it?

[David Johnson]

"i didn't see it but I was told that there was a men's race in which one competitor had no legs and those blade things and was competing against some others who had one leg and one blade thing. If true, they aren't at the same level and should be in separate races, which is why it's not really a true representation of sport."

This strikes me as utter nonsense. The South African, Oscar Pistorius who is a double amputee below the knee uses two blades. As a result of a scientific investigation which found that the blades did not give an advantage over and above the able bodied he was allowed to run in the London Olympics as well as the Paralympics.

So on the basis that Pistorius was viewed to have no advantage from the blades there is no reason why he shouldn't run against other athletes with one or two blades in the Paralympics.

[mrmcfister]

I assume Steve R that you are perfectly formed and can compete against similar?Personally some of these people are an inspiration and well worth watching every four years.Also it is real life and being well televised.Your reasons are largely without merit.

[Porn Baron]

Well after watching last night all my brothers kids want those blade thingies for xmas !cool!