[–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

I'm guessing, they wanted the physique of the partner to be relevant (otherwise might as well just make it a race with weights), without encouraging those partners to starve themselves for the competition...

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    "All 'wives' must weigh at least 50kg. Anyone under-weight is obliged to wear a rucksack filled with tins of flour, water or similar to bring them to the required weight."

    This seems pretty arbitrary. Why not weigh them all down to have an equal and fair competition?

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  • [–] 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    There are plenty of other activities to keep athletes busy in the Olympic village, including a large gym, table football and air hockey games and even a piano. There are also free drinks machines, stacked with Coca-Cola and Innocent smoothies.

    Uh-huh, as opposed to banging the entire Volleyball team

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