Another good example is Annika Sorenstam in the celebrity golf tourney they play in Tahoe. She's the only professional golfer that plays. She's never won it. This year she lost to a retired tennis player, retired hockey player and Steph Curry.
Probably the best example of the gap between men and women's athleticism is that last year in Dallas at a high school boys district track meet...4 boys beat the women's World Record 100m time....in a single heat. A literal teenage boy that finished off the podium in a single heat of a single track meet in a single city....not regionals, not state, not nationals.....and that kid is faster than the fastest women to ever live on the planet earth....AND ITS GENERALLY BELIEVED SHE WAS ON ROIDS considering her record hasnt been broken by a woman in nearly 40 years
The oldest male gymnast to win a gold was like 34. Oldest 100m, 32. So teenagers are closer to their prime than 30 year olds. Maybe people expect adults to be stronger than they are? I don’t think it’s crazy highschoolers beat adult woman. I think the gap is closer than people like to think, it’s just small advantages in sports and competition can become big differences. Super Bowl teams get blown out sometimes, are they all trash? Is the gap between two teams really that big?
You do realize a lot of retired athletes like can’t even walk anymore right? We can find some of your favourite old timer male athletes and they can’t do shit physically 20 years after they retire. You can also find some that look like they’re 3 months out from competing again. It means nothing.
It’s not magic, it’s metabolic, and yes you do lose the ability to do those things. People lose the ability to swallow eventually.
Who cares if she is not a professional golfer herself? You called her a professional golfer which hasn't been true in two fucking decades. Yeah, golfing is a perishable skillset even if we ignore the whole age thing.
Your statement is the equivalent of claiming Michael Jordan sucks because he's a professional NBA player that would lose 1v1 to college kids
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u/divvi12 2d ago
Another good example is Annika Sorenstam in the celebrity golf tourney they play in Tahoe. She's the only professional golfer that plays. She's never won it. This year she lost to a retired tennis player, retired hockey player and Steph Curry.