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Yet a mere glimpse at any women’s beach volleyball match at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics makes clear why that is the question for so many women athletes. Athletes must train their bodies beyond what seems the limits of human capacity to excel at international competitions. So the last thing they need when they show up… Read more.
I am pooped. What’s more, I risk permanent damage to my already failing eyesight if I watch another event. Never mind the irony that my addictive interest in watching healthy people compete is making me unhealthy. Frankly, I deserve a gold medal — not just for watching so many events but for writing so many… Read more.
Men’s Speedskating 500 (Long Track) Norway is dominating skiing events at these Games much as the Netherlands is dominating skating events. Therefore, it looked like a scene from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly when one Norwegian took on three Dutchmen and … iced them. Okay, for a more athletic analogy, this is rather… Read more.
UPDATE (Sunday, July 24 at 4:40 pm) His motive As I indicated in my original commentary below, expecting psychopaths to have a reasonable explanation for their behavior is oxymoronic. And the explanation this one is proffering for his rampage only reinforces this point. According to his self-published manifesto (and no psycho worth his salt would… Read more.
