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6 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

As long as the games get a bigger audience and the established sports are not removed it is completely fine to add them .

This is one of the rare times where you and I will disagree I think. The Winter Olympics are for winter sports, not for summer sports masquerading as winter sports.

 

I want more nations to compete at the Winter Olympics, but we shouldn’t have to ruin the games to achieve that. 

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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Time for the greatest American sports tradition, the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest! First up are the women, men to follow.

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New World Record!!! Joey Chesnut eats 75 hot dogs + buns. Miki Sudo would have actually placed second in the men’s competition today.

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1 hour ago, phelps said:

it's always amazing how people can make theirselves so many damages just for 10 minutes of glory (and a few bucks)...:facepalm:

There was a sports science episode made a while back on the anatomy, physical demand, and mental strength involved in competitive eating, and it was fascinating.

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3 hours ago, phelps said:

it's always amazing how people can make theirselves so many damages just for 10 minutes of glory (and a few bucks)...:facepalm:

How many damages? It's not like they eat dozens of hotdogs at a time every day :p 

 

Quite often competitive eaters live like athletes. Which is why people are often surprised to find out they often aren't fat...at all. They get a huge amount of calories once every X weeks, but save some calories in between by dieting and training so that overall, they stay fit.

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