JENNER WHEN HE WAS STILL CALLED BRUCE
Posted on 06/04/2015 12:05:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
While the overall reaction to Caitlyn Jenner's introduction has been overwhelmingly positive, restoring our faith in the world and making Caitlyn herself feel 'humbled' and extremely happy, there are some who haven't reacted quite so well.
In fact, a shocking petition has now been started urging the International Olympic Committee to actually REVOKE her incredible 1976 Olympic gold medal, as they claim she was "in violation of committee rules."
Yes, really.
The 65-year-old won the medal for the decathlon in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, but now some are suggesting that she should give back the medal.
And by some, we mean the 9,000 people who have actually signed this piece of CRAZINESS.
The Change.org petition was created by Jennifer Bradford, who says in an open letter: "It has recently come to light that gold medalist Bruce Jenner is in fact transgender, and therefore, identifies as a woman.
So, can he now compete in the WOMEN’s Olympic Track?
I’ve declared myself to be a polar bear and I say the world is too damn cold.
Worship me and burn many fossil fuels!
At 65?.......................
“So, can he now compete in the WOMEN’s Olympic Track?”
And use their locker rooms and shower facilities!
She participated in a male olympic event.
Participating in an Olympic event outside of your gender is against Olympic rules.
HE deserves the medal HE won at the Olympics, even though HE is a very confused and disordered man today.
It’s just an indication that a lot of people don’t appreciate having this rainbow crap shoved down their throat.
Normal people are “shocking” to Yahoo
The secret to Jenner’s success was his preparation. In the 1970s, most decathletes trained with other decathletes. Bruce Jenner, however, trained with some of the world’s best athletes in each of the 10 decathlon events. “If you train with a decathlon man,” Jenner told Dave Anderson of The New York Times in 1976, “you can’t visualize that you can do much better. But if you throw the discus with Mac Wilkins or throw the shot with Al Feuerbach, then they’re 20 feet ahead of me. You learn much more that way.”
There is also the case of an East German woman shot putter who was so pumped full of steroids that she became manly enough to have to change her sex.
In her defense, I think it was a case where she didn’t know what her coaches were pumping into her.
Google Heidi/Andreas Krieger for more.
“In her defense, I think it was a case where she didn’t know what her coaches were pumping into her.”
I think that was also a problem in Olympics female gymnastics.
But at the time — almost 40 years ago — Jenner was a guy.
I guess with everything else going on in this world, when it comes to Jenner, my giveacrap meter is broken.
Demand that the liver of Algore be turned into pate for your dining pleasure.
Don’t forget the Press “sisters.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Press
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Press
>> The man needs prayers and pity - but I don’t see any justification for pulling his previous awards.
+1, you said it well.
I love the “restoring faith in our world” part.
From what I've seen of those women, I don't think he could have competed as 1976 Bruce..........
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