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FlyingSquid ,
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India’s Olympic contingent are devastated after one of their marquee athletes, the female wrestler Vinesh Phogat, was disqualified hours before her gold medal match for exceeding the 50kg restriction by the weight of a medium-sized banana (100 grams) despite even cutting off her hair in an attempt to fight for gold.

Yeah, that’s kind of bullshit.

mipadaitu ,

There’s a weight limit, and she was over it.

Is it bullshit if a high jumper just skims the bar and it falls? Or a 100m runner loses by 0.01 seconds?

This is all about the best of the best competing on a strictly defined ruleset.

FlyingSquid ,
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It’s 100 grams. If it was a kilogram, I’d get it. Or even over 500 grams if they want to round up.

stoly ,

I’m afraid that the Olympics are one place you have to be strict. You can’t trust people to be honest or fair

FlyingSquid ,
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I think the Olympics can trust their own scales. At least I would hope so.

stoly ,

I’m surprised she didn’t avoid food or water for a bit. Maybe they miscalculated what the final weight would be

reddig33 ,

She did. If you read the article they had to give her IV fluids after failing to qualify because she was dehydrated.

I’m wondering if she just cut her hair, or shaved her head completely.

FuglyDuck ,
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she probably did. At that level, they want to be just as close to the restriction as possible while still being under. I can easily lose a kilo or two taking my morning piss.

FuglyDuck ,
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then the new weight becomes 50.1kg.

or if you’re rounding to the nearest kg, then 50.49 kg becomes the new restriction. except what if it was 50.51? it’s just 2 grams more. what’s the big deal?

cynthorpe ,

Heck, 5 more kg is just a hand full of grams.

Aurenkin ,

Yeah as much as this sucks, and it really really sucks, I don’t think we can really claim that it’s bullshit or unfair. Every athlete has to conform to these standards, and they are very well known ahead of time.

jordanlund ,
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If that photo is after the haircut, there was room to lose more. :( Shave it all down! There’s your 100g.

chemicalwonka ,
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It would have been better to shit to lose 100g than to cut the hair

ichbinjasokreativ ,

Didn’t read the article, but are female wrestlers in the olympics only allowed to weigh 50kg? That seems absurdly light, even for women.

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