India’s Olympic contingent are devastated after the female wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified before her gold medal match for not making the weight despite cutting off her hair off.
or if you’re rounding to the nearest kg, then 50.49 kg becomes the new restriction. except what if it was 50.51? it’s just 2 grams more. what’s the big deal?
they’re in the lowest weight class, under 50kg. the next is 50-53 kg.
Doesn’t really matter where you put the line. it’s gotta go somewhere and at that level, they’re always going to be gaming the system to get an advantage, and any sport with a weight class, that means doing things to temporarily drop weight for the weigh in ceremony. (not eating, dehydrating yourself. getting as naked as you can without the judge eyeing you.)
then the new weight becomes 50.1kg.
or if you’re rounding to the nearest kg, then 50.49 kg becomes the new restriction. except what if it was 50.51? it’s just 2 grams more. what’s the big deal?
I thought the next weight class was one kilogram higher. Is it not?
they’re in the lowest weight class, under 50kg. the next is 50-53 kg.
Doesn’t really matter where you put the line. it’s gotta go somewhere and at that level, they’re always going to be gaming the system to get an advantage, and any sport with a weight class, that means doing things to temporarily drop weight for the weigh in ceremony. (not eating, dehydrating yourself. getting as naked as you can without the judge eyeing you.)
That’s a 20 gram difference.
Heck, 5 more kg is just a hand full of grams.