We’ve been watching the Olympics when we get home from work each day. Because of the time difference we can enjoy about two or three hours of live events before it is time to hit the sack. As you might expect, the events that are broadcast are pretty much just the ones that have a Japanese competitor, so we’ve been watching judo, volleyball, table tennis, gymnastics and swimming. Luckily if I want to check out other events it is easy enough to find them on the internet.
Last night during women’s judo one of the athletes from China was facing Japan, and I was surprised to see that she looked like a man. Here’s a picture:
This unusual situation led to interesting scenes like this:
It got me to wondering how exactly the IOC actually figures out the sex of the athletes. I guess I’ll do some research during my lunchbreak today to figure it out…
