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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Watching Australia v Ghana in the tandem pursuit. Two riders, the rear one is blind.

The race was an absolute joke. Both teams were hardly trying. The commentator explained that it’s because of weird rules about requiring athletes be in multiple events and these guys are mainly sprinters, not endurance athletes suited to the pursuit. I don’t really understand what the rule is or why it’s in place, but geez it looked bad.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

GB v Ireland in the same event, same problem. They’re sprint teams forced into the pursuit by weird rules. Commentators really hoping the rules change before the next Paralympics. Me too.