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In order to get a true representation of each country's athletic skill, the Olympics should randomly select citizens to compete like it's jury duty:

Who's next on the balance beam for the US? Is it Simone Biles? Nope it's 39yo electrician, Dale. Wow he does not look confident

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[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

“Next up on the javelin throw is Ivan Ivanovich. Weighing in at 450 pounds of pure muscle and built like two refrigerators side by side. Let’s see if he can beat his previous personal best of 2,5 miles…”

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Javelin is actually a bad example for this, because javelins were redesigned about 40 years ago to not fly as far.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How is that fair for anyone trying to beat a previous world record? Or have they already all been beaten with the new javelins?

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

They essentially just restarted records, mostly in the name of safety, as most stadiums don't have the room for people throwing 120+ meters.