Women athletes backsliding on Oly stage (big ole gag alert)

The Deseret News ^ | 2/26/2002 | Bonnie Erbe

[Utah Girl]

I thought the women did extremely well this year at the Olympics. The feminists just cannot resist any attempt to drag out their old tired arguments. Erbe needs to talk to most of the male Olympic athletes, they don't have sponsors either...

[Utah Girl]

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[Utah Girl]

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[the_Watchman]

Mr. Apolo Anton Ohno who brazenly attempted to skate past his presumed South Korean superior in the men's 1,500-meter speedskating competition . . .

They weren't watching the same event I watched. I saw Ohno clearly in the lead when he was hooked by the South Korean skater from behind. Look at the position of the hips! I don't think the take-down was intentional, but the South Korean was already beat.

[wku man]

Oh, were there Olympics this year? Gee, I missed them...

[DoughtyOne]

That swipe at Ohno struck me funny too. He was clearly hooked by a Chinese skater and knocked down by the Korean in that other race. I don't think he acted out of line. He was called for interference in the one race, but this sport lends itself to calls like that. Everybody gets those calls once in a while. That is if they're a contender and hustling.

I was a little put off by Ohno due to the profile the network presented, but when he graciously accepted the silver after being interferred with, I realized he was a good kid. No whining there. He stated, "This is the sport I love and that's the way it works. I was really happy with my skating. I felt good out there." Pretty good attitude if you ask me.

[Heyworth]

of the 78 countries participating in Salt Lake City, 22 brought no women to the Games at all. This group included such supposedly forward-thinking locales as Belgium, India (which sported one of the first female prime ministers), Thailand, Mexico and South Africa. At Nagano, a smaller number, or 18 of 72 nations (four fewer), fielded all-male delegations.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Should someone point out that Thailand and India each only sent one athlete? And the "backsliding" cited here is virtually the definition of "statistically insignificant."

[JoeGar]

I don't understand why we need to have women's sports at all. Why can't there be just one 4-person bobsled team? One free-style ice skating event? Do we have separate men's and women's teams so that the women can win sometimes?

[Utah Girl]

I forgot to say that, I think that both Thailand and India both only sent one athlete...

[staytrue]

Do we have separate men's and women's teams so that the women can win sometimes?

Yes, the women are not up to the men's level in any sport that I saw. Even in curling, the quality of the men's game was simply better.

[one2many]

You better watch what you say!

They're gwineter have TITLE NINE down about your ears!

[staytrue]

But the athletes we Americans will all remember five years from now (if indeed we remember any of them five years from now) will be Sarah Hughes, Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers

This woman is an ignorant liberal, possibly of african american persuasion.

The athletes we will remember are Parra for working at home depot, sale and pelletier for obvious reasons, sara hughes, michelle kwan ( in the same way we remember jim ryan and america's blonde woman long distance runner who also fell down), yagudin and pleshenko because they will be on tv for years to come. We might remember Ohno, the australian babe, the australia guy who only by his ineptitude won the gold, picabo street, the other figure skaters (because they will be on tv later). But no way in hell are we going to remember the womens' bob sled champion simply because one of them was black.

[staytrue]

To me the real oddity is that the men's curling was much higher quality than women's curling. You would think if there was one place where the women could be as good as the men, it would be curling.

[mtg]

I'd love to watch women ski jumping.

[Big Horn]

Why do sumo wrestlers shave their legs? They don't want people thinking they are feminists.

[lavaroise]

What a bunch of robotic fascist statement. Backslide in woman participation = evil male still dominant etc...

These people need to take a pill and reboot their brains.

[the_Watchman]

Over 35 years ago my father observed that racial prejudice will have ended when you can have an all-white this, or an all black that, and (1) nobody cares and (2) nobody notices.

Do you ever get the feeling that there will ALWAYS be people like this author who just won't give it a rest?!

[nothingnew]

Oh, were there Olympics this year? Gee, I missed them...

...I...I guess I did too....Besides, why are women even in the olympics?....uh oh....I need to get out of here..

FMCDH

[foreverfree]

I don't understand why we need to have women's sports at all. Why can't there be just one 4-person bobsled team? One free-style ice skating event? Do we have separate men's and women's teams so that the women can win sometimes?

How 'bout mixed luge? ;-)

foreverfree