More doublethink: "Woman wins NYC marathon for third time in a row"... well, sort of...

Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2008-11-02 19:42

Story here. "Remember Winston, it isn't what your eyes tell you. It's what The Party tells you." Excerpt:

'NEW YORK – Paula Radcliffe defended her title at the New York City Marathon on Sunday to become the second woman to win the race three times.

Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil won the men's race for the second time in three years, passing Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco with about a mile to go.
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Unlike Radcliffe's tight victories in 2004 and '07, the world record holder from Great Britain pulled away from Ludmila Petrova in the 22nd mile to win comfortably in two hours, 23 minutes, 56 seconds.'

No mention of "the men's race" winner's time. Oh yeah, that doesn't matter. Well, for those who care, it's reported here-- the only place I could actually find his time reported. Quick, look at it before the Ministry of Truth comes along and edits it out! Heck, if they put in a little effort, maybe they could un-person him and forget they did it in the first place!

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I remember the same thing last year. Has our society become so obsessed with female 'empowerment' they're willing to skew sporting records? The actual winner won by almost 10 minutes over the declared female winner. That must suck for him. He trains for years, wins the Marathon, but his accomplishment is over shadowed by gynocracy personified. Its so damn weird, women cannot compete with male athletics, so whats the solution -- manipulating statistics. If you excuse me, I'm watching the Jet's game. I wonder if a woman will throw a 50 yard touch down?

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Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2008-11-02 22:06

We'll just gender-norm the 'yard' to 1.5 feet instead of 3.

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Submitted by ItsDan on Mon, 2008-11-03 01:12