Australian athlete misses out on Olympics as 'universality' entrant takes his place

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
  • Sky News host Caleb Bond reacts to Australian athlete Liam Adams missing out on the Olympics as a “universality” entrant is put in his place.
    “Maybe I’m missing something here, I thought the idea of the Olympics, the pinnacle of athletics in the world, is that the best in the world go over there and represent their countries," Mr Bond said.
    “No, no, no we don’t do that, we’ll let the first 70 best in the world represent their countries, and then we’ll just have some also ands make it in because they happen to come from a smaller country.
    “How does that work?”

ความคิดเห็น • 99

  • @Gket-po5un
    @Gket-po5un หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    DEI… Didn’t Earn It!!

    • @torablack
      @torablack หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      lkr

  • @wokewokerman5280
    @wokewokerman5280 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    send the DEI athletes to the special Olympics....

    • @torablack
      @torablack หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      lkr,

  • @martinnewcombe6088
    @martinnewcombe6088 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    What a disgrace!

    • @torablack
      @torablack หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      lkr

  • @WMeier-kd8hz
    @WMeier-kd8hz หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    So athletes not good enough to win a medal are send to the games to not win a medal . What the f…. are they smoking around the world. The Olympic Games reduced to participation trophies

  • @grahamhutton1633
    @grahamhutton1633 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I stopped watching the Olympics many years ago.

    • @GLEN-ys7qt
      @GLEN-ys7qt หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Are the Olympics still a thing?

    • @brucerobinson3715
      @brucerobinson3715 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It lost a lot when it was open to professionals

  • @michaelbaker1087
    @michaelbaker1087 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Every day now something dumb this way comes 🙃

    • @torablack
      @torablack หลายเดือนก่อน

      lkr,,

    • @user-gw7dv1ru9w
      @user-gw7dv1ru9w หลายเดือนก่อน

      AND NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED...

  • @gutz1981
    @gutz1981 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I haven't watched the Olympics since 2004 when it came to Greece and I have not cared about it since and I am now glad I did not waste my time caring about it over the last 20 years.

    • @kozlowaskijesse513
      @kozlowaskijesse513 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same, who cares about the Olympics anyway. Do prefer watching AFL footy or NRL rugby and BBL cricket a lot more, we are Aussies.

    • @sidecarmisanthrope5927
      @sidecarmisanthrope5927 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kozlowaskijesse513 : I can never decide between watching the cricket or the grass growing. Both equally exciting.

  • @dontbeasheeple5883
    @dontbeasheeple5883 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The swimmer was Eric the Eel.
    Eddy the Eagle was the ski jumper

  • @speedymccreedy8785
    @speedymccreedy8785 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    DEI, when EMA (effort, merit, achievement) goes out the window.

    • @torablack
      @torablack หลายเดือนก่อน

      he would've made the cut if he was a black, muslim queer

  • @prescientselector3784
    @prescientselector3784 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    “Country’s which are underrepresented”. Waiting for the women synchronised swimming team from Saudi Arabia.

    • @playasurf1000
      @playasurf1000 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂😂😂

    • @mwallace2922
      @mwallace2922 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'd watch that. 👍👍👍

  • @oldtimers6460
    @oldtimers6460 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Create their own games , no ability needed Olympics.

  • @iankearns774
    @iankearns774 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wrong on so many levels, the pinnacle of world athletics is now almost a lottery system.

  • @user-gw7dv1ru9w
    @user-gw7dv1ru9w หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    WHO CARES ABOUT CORRUPT SPORT...

  • @user-ti9yt2kd5t
    @user-ti9yt2kd5t หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What happened to The Rule of Merit?.
    This complete insanity creates a lot of uncertainty for future athletes who are currently going through blood, sweat & tears for a single spot on the world stage.

  • @user-sj5lq8uz5j
    @user-sj5lq8uz5j หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    DEI = Didn’t Earn It!

  • @thelamington8195
    @thelamington8195 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    While it must be gutting for him, that frustration, confusion and disappointment he’s suffering is how female athletes feel every time they have to compete - and lose - against a bloke who thinks he’s a woman…

  • @aussieraideraaron2946
    @aussieraideraaron2946 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    That is absolutely freakin insane, what the hell is the Olympics doing I might just boycott and not watch because of the wokeness destroying the legitimacy of it supposedly being contested by the best in the world in each competitive sporting event to finish in the top 3 for a medal, complete garbage and unfair for the true top 80 🤔

    • @torablack
      @torablack หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      lkr,

    • @Zasek2112
      @Zasek2112 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I won't be surprised if they take medals away next, because merit is racist.
      Then flags, same reason.
      Then gender divisions, they're already working on that.

  • @homers7777
    @homers7777 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Rather watch the grass grow.

  • @thelamington8195
    @thelamington8195 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So much for white male privilege…

  • @simona_ab
    @simona_ab หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    So it seems that we'll have to boycot Olympics games now. After Eurovision, now this. Well, works for me 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @k20t30pl
    @k20t30pl หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Mao is the Olympics mascot.

  • @IcanbePsycho
    @IcanbePsycho หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Not Eddy, it was Eric the eel and he was hilarious. 🤣

    • @dontbeasheeple5883
      @dontbeasheeple5883 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Eddy the Eagle was the ski jumper

    • @IcanbePsycho
      @IcanbePsycho หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@dontbeasheeple5883that’s right and he had balls of steal.

  • @thehazelnutspread
    @thehazelnutspread 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Add this to the list of reasons why we don't give a rip about the Olympics.....

  • @kathleencook3060
    @kathleencook3060 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Athletics Australia and our State (NSW) have mandatory Transgender Policies.
    Every time(year) you sign up for membership (event) your are required to tick the "Accept" box.
    Most people don't bother to read the whole 4 pages.
    So they have no idea that the Policy is tucked away(hidden) in the last few sentences.
    You can't complete Registration if you don't tick "Accept" box.

    • @mwallace2922
      @mwallace2922 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "tucked away" I see what you did. 😎

  • @Turner-Be-Thy-Real-Name
    @Turner-Be-Thy-Real-Name หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I recognise the look and sound of gutted.

  • @Conky769
    @Conky769 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Don't worry Liam. The 'smellies' or common people have boycotted the olympics all together. We lost interest years ago.

  • @raytheron
    @raytheron หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I haven't bothered to watch the Olympics in more than twenty years, and then it was only the Winter Olympics I watched, but I'll definitely not be watching this year's clown show.

  • @capt.jonathans.tuttle1504
    @capt.jonathans.tuttle1504 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Antarctica is always under represented!

    • @iankearns774
      @iankearns774 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also under a lot of ice.

  • @censorbleep3018
    @censorbleep3018 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I give up. The world is yours, boss. It's not worth fighting for anymore. I don’t want it.

  • @thelamington8195
    @thelamington8195 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    D.E.I. - Dumbest Ever Initiative

  • @brettstooltutorials6017
    @brettstooltutorials6017 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Olympic Committee must change its motto now
    Higher stronger faster and we feel sorry for you.
    Has a great ring to it
    Give me a spell !!

  • @a.morrigan5870
    @a.morrigan5870 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sorry, sport is no longer about merit. My condolences to all true sports people. Put the universzlity athletes into their own catergory, gives them experience but doesn't take away from the idea of excellence in sport.

  • @patrickdowdle5121
    @patrickdowdle5121 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If the IOC does this , then they should have a cut off time. Dont complete the Marathon within a set time , then you are pulled from the course by the officials

  • @jamescrydeman540
    @jamescrydeman540 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So someone is saying that the answer to one distortion is to further distort the original distortion? Does that not normally make the entire situation worse? Like the Personal reviews we all are subject to nowadays, it has been established by Universities specialising in management that not only do these interviews reveal more about the interviewer than the interviewee, the more you try to “correct” that outcome the more the system becomes skewed the wrong way.

  • @maryskelcher8979
    @maryskelcher8979 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sport is a meritocracy. I feel for this runner. It's ridiculous.

  • @stevewiles7132
    @stevewiles7132 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So the Olympics are no longer for the best of each nation, the DEI games here we come.

  • @dafudd7779
    @dafudd7779 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So do they also get a 10 mile head start? Most definitely won't be watching any of the Olympics.

  • @brucerobinson3715
    @brucerobinson3715 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They can put any name on it they want but it is WOKENESS

  • @vanessac1721
    @vanessac1721 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I thought it was the best x number of athletes up to a certain maximum from each country....I mean we all remember the Jamaican bob sled team. I really can't work up the energy to get aggrieved about this. He was 78th in the world. His chances of getting a medal are zero.

  • @missq3989
    @missq3989 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Is that CODE for DEI

  • @anthonymcintosh4243
    @anthonymcintosh4243 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Will not be watching the olympics again. They have become irrelevant with this bullshit

  • @annea6288
    @annea6288 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Madness... roll out the rainbow carpet.

  • @paythepiper6283
    @paythepiper6283 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can't seem to find a country called Palestine on the world map? Can someone help me as to what area it is located?

    • @iankearns774
      @iankearns774 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Globalists want to eliminate countries, they want to redistribute the world into sectors of their choosing. Which is why the elites no longer care.

  • @kathleencook3060
    @kathleencook3060 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lets hold our breath together.
    Lol.

  • @user-ih4qs5sv3y
    @user-ih4qs5sv3y หลายเดือนก่อน

    The modern Olympics is an absurd joke, why don't they let the special Olympians and the rainbow people also get a start in this joke spectacle so every one can be recognized and praised.

  • @OzSafe1
    @OzSafe1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are the Olympics still going?

  • @steveallen1340
    @steveallen1340 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The whole point of the Olympics is for the best of the best to compete and the rest of us to watch. Don’t ruin it with woke nonsense

  • @renatozanoli8722
    @renatozanoli8722 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why not take the best 80 and then add a 10 mediocrity bunch…

  • @tattooedyogi
    @tattooedyogi หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yes its a great opportunity to represent your country at the Olympics, but when you're ranked 70-80th in the world, there is zero chance (unless you're using PED's now) to place and win medals. So of you it's just another competition. Lets face it, Liam Adams is 37 (38 in September) its not like he's a 20 y/o runner who has time to mature as an athlete and possibly become one of the greatest runners in the coming years. Liam is a Masters athlete.

    • @cynderfan2233
      @cynderfan2233 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's not the point.
      Imagine you're applying for a job with 10 positions available, and you're given a set of conditions you have to meet in order to get the job and then you'll be ranked and the top 10 will get the positions. You do everything you need to do, you work hard, and you place 8th, so you'll get the job. Then you get told 3 days later that actually no, you won't get the job. Instead your position will be given to someone who placed somewhere in the hundreds for the sake of diversity.
      Seem fair?

    • @kathleencook3060
      @kathleencook3060 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Any athlete 30 years or over is a Masters Athlete!.
      There are plenty of athletes, across the Sports represented, over 30 years old in the Olympics!!

    • @tattooedyogi
      @tattooedyogi หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kathleencook3060 actually most sports 35+ is masters.
      I never said there was anything wrong with his age, just that he’s past his prime of sport and not likely a contender anyways

    • @johnsontan2062
      @johnsontan2062 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what your are saying is that only people ranked top 3 should take parts since the rest won't get any medal any way. funny logic and now you sounds stupid , bigot!

    • @iankearns774
      @iankearns774 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Whats your point? He earned his place to compete, the 10 runners they choose will be so far behind it isn't funny. Its a stupid decision.

  • @tinastralka7534
    @tinastralka7534 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    See what participants awards led too😂😂😂😂 you dont even have to try. Just have a sad story and no skill and you are chosen to be a winner😂😂😂😂😂😂 sad world we live in. Who works hard gets pushed to the side

  • @GLEN-ys7qt
    @GLEN-ys7qt หลายเดือนก่อน

    What's "The Olympics" ?

  • @fungipolo
    @fungipolo หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Bozos...Eddy the Eagle was a ski jumper from UK....get your facts str8 pleez 😂

  • @dcoghlan100
    @dcoghlan100 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Olympics are dead .period.

  • @matthall5758
    @matthall5758 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This isn’t horrible. Top 70 make it.

  • @Ellio88
    @Ellio88 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have we tried fire?

  • @leonardhenson3472
    @leonardhenson3472 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🤬palestine

  • @davidcruse6589
    @davidcruse6589 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best part about this withnany luck
    Be even more people like myself turning of sport and entertainment
    Because all this 💩
    Like last night before football shoving voice down our throat we voted NOOOOOOO
    Then rugby had in big writing we can not show you this as its not permitted in your country
    The game soon will start after this is over
    So never bothered watching either and i see on line free to air running a partition for people to do
    To try and keep sport on free to air so looks as if you won't be getting soon unless you pay
    Fine with me as it'll mean the collapse of the sports Because no kids will be watching it unless parents are rich enough to pay for it
    Just another thing the elites stolen from lower class individual's who are the main stock the players come from
    Shouldn't be long all contact sport won't exist and be touch sports or they might get hurt sooks

  • @user-cx4id3wh8f
    @user-cx4id3wh8f หลายเดือนก่อน

    WOKW WANK!