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20160817ou 一中两外锵锵三人行
今日话题： 奥运赛场上的＂双性人＂运动员引争议
南非“女”飞人塞曼亚以女运动员身份参加赛事。在去年8月塞曼亚在柏林田径世锦赛上有争议地获得女子800米金牌后，这位双性人运动员引起世人关注 ...
Lincoln: Now it is time to take a look at day 9 and day 10 of the Olympics. The athlete Caster Semenya. This is an interesting story that has been developing for some time now. She shot fame a few years ago. At the World Championships before the London Olympics she ran a really great time, she outstripped all of her competitors. Then something weird happened. There were questions about her gender, questions about whether or not she was a man. People were very uncomfortable with her look. If you see her, she’s quite muscular and strong, she has a very good physique. What happened is the IAAF launched an investigation into whether or not she is a ma nor a woman. She is a woman who has underdeveloped make sex organs. It’s a weird thing to debate someone’s gender in public.
Nick: There’s been a lot of media scrutiny as well. I can remember the details quite vaguely as well. That was a couple of years ago as well.
Lincoln: Michael Johnson, the sprinter came out and criticized the IAAF, because one of the things they said she did was that she has an excess amount of testosterone in her body that gave her an unfair advantage over her competitors.
Yoyo: What do you mean by an unfair advantage? She was born this way. Every advantage is unfair advantage. You can say that if someone is born with and shorter upper body and longer legs or that if someone is can run faster because of the different shape of their foot. Just look at Michael Phelps he was born [blessed with the ability] to be able to hold his breath for a long time so is that an unfair advantage against all the other nations.
Lincoln: He also has a crazy wing-span. If he opens up his arms its ridiculous.
Yoyo: There have also been a lot of fun things that have happened at this Olympics. During the medal ceremony a lot of athletes would just put their hands on their hearts. There has been a controversial issue about the American gymnast Gabby Douglas. Some internet users mentioned that she did not put her hands on her chest when the national anthem was being played. Later on she said on her social media: “Just in response to a few tweets I saw tonight, I always stand at attention out of respect for our country, whenever the national anthem is played. I never meant any disrespect and apologize if I offended anyone. Do you think it is really necessary for her to apologize?
Lincoln: It’s a load of old nonsense. It’s absolutely ridiculous. She’s an athlete she was great in the London Olympics, all of this kind of criticism outside of her performance I think is stupid really. Not putting your hand on your heart? She’s disappointed and she’s sad she doesn’t have to, that’s ridiculous.
Yoyo: At the same time there is another interesting story about the canoe sprinter John Schofield. He has a tip about the possible dangerous drinking water in Rio. Someone suggested he should drink Coca-Cola. You can swirl it around in your mouth and it can kill the bacteria.
Nick: Also cheaper than a trip to hospital.
Lincoln: Also a little cheeky sponsorship grab there? Drink Coca-Cola not water, wonder what all the sports nutritionists would have to say about that.
