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Originally Posted by costello
lol... No, mine was an American station. Yours sounds worse than mine. Most of it was just fluff. And they kept complaining about how fast the countries were going by. They didn't have time to share all their interesting info.
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Ha, they specifically sped up the athletes because that is the boringest/longest part!
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Originally Posted by costello
The South African team, for example, has an athlete who had to prove her gender (if I understood them correctly) and another with prosthetic limbs which were officially ruled to not give him an advantage over other athletes.
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The woman is Caster Semenya (she was also carrying their flag) - she won a ton of medals a few years back in distance running, but then the awarding body stripped them from her and said they had to test her gender first. It was pretty disgusting.
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Originally Posted by costello
lol... I heard about that on the radio this morning. A bunch of nurses on a bed?
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A bunch of swing-dancing nurses and sick kidlets jumping on illuminated beds while a Voldemort made out of one of these:
wandered around. Obviously the theme of the ceremonies was "Britain's salute to MDMA".
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