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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:08 pm to
Posted by ShortyRob
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:08 pm to
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Does a sport exist where that sports best female athletes could defeat that sports best male athletes in competition?


Maybe Pool?

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Gymnastics seems like a possible sport where it could happen, but do they do the same things in their competitions? I really don't know.

Well, girls would beat guys at girl events. But, they'd suck at the rings and pommel horse!
Posted by East Coast Band
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:08 pm to
Shopping
Posted by saint amant steve
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:09 pm to
quote:

Gymnastics seems like a possible sport where it could happen, but do they do the same things in their competitions?


Not likely. Male gymnasts are some of the most physically fit humans on the planet.

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Does a sport exist where that sports best female athletes could defeat that sports best male athletes in competition?


If any component of strength, speed, agility, endurance, or power is involved then the answer is a definitive NO.

However, if flexibility, hand-eye coordination, or skill (you referenced billiards although technically that's a game, not a sport) are more essential, then women would at least have somewhat of a chance because men don't necessarily have a built-in anatomical advantage.

But which sport would these skills apply to?
This post was edited on 4/6/16 at 7:12 pm
Posted by East Coast Band
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:09 pm to
Curling
Posted by PepaSpray
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:10 pm to
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don't know what gymnasts do. I don't watch them.


I watch the females. Those onesies give me Hardee's foot longs. And they waggle their butts on the dance routines. Sheeeeeeit.
Posted by epbart
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:11 pm to
I got the dreaded last post on pg 1, so reposting...

Don't know about all skiing, but for ski jumping, it's apparently close. From the 2013 World Cup competition in Lillehammer, the average jump for the top 20 men was less than a meter longer than the top 20 women, and the top woman would have earned a silver medal if both sexes competed together.

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Posted by HoustonChick86
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:11 pm to
I was going to say maybe pool, but wasn't sure if that counts as a sport.

Maybe figure skating?
Posted by AnonymousTiger
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Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:16 pm to
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Ultrarunning


I know nothing about this sport. Is it just based on amount of distance run? Can women run further or have both sees run the same distance? If same, are women faster?
Posted by Pecker
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:16 pm to
Men are better at figure skating because they have more physical strength to pull off more difficult jumps.

Posted by ShortyRob
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:17 pm to
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Don't know about all skiing, but for ski jumping, it's apparently close. From the 2013 World Cup competition in Lillehammer, the average jump for the top 20 men was less than a meter longer than the top 20 women, and the top woman would have earned a silver medal if both sexes competed together.

Well, I'll be damned.

And that's a reasonably legit "sport" in that it requires at the least, strength, balance, coordination and explosion.

With that in mind, I wonder what allows women to stay close on that one because frankly, in pretty much all endeavors requiring the things I listed, high school boy athletes whip pro women.
Posted by AnonymousTiger
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:19 pm to
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With that in mind, I wonder what allows women to stay close on that one because frankly, in pretty much all endeavors requiring the things I listed, high school boy athletes whip pro women.


Bone density. They're built like birds.
Posted by TigerTatorTots
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:19 pm to
There isn't a single sport that requires physical activity where women are better than men...even gymnastics
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:20 pm to
Maybe their lighter weight compensates for lack of explosive strength.
Posted by NoHoTiger
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:20 pm to
quote:

Does a sport exist where that sports best female athletes could defeat that sports best male athletes in competition?

Probably not, especially on a consistent basis. Could it happen once in a blue moon? Possibly. But that would be a fluke.
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:20 pm to
Id like to offer a completely originally idea that hasn't been mentioned and I would like full credit for it


ski jumping

please upvote if you agree this is my idea
Posted by Lester Earl
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Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:21 pm to
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Seriously, what is going on today with all the threads bitching about/shitting on women? Is the OT over women?




you've come a long way from the time where you said it was ok to hit a woman
Posted by Lionnation1993
Member since Nov 2013
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:25 pm to
Bowling and maybe Golf. Michelle Wie in her prime could have probably beat alot of men
This post was edited on 4/6/16 at 7:26 pm
Posted by HoustonChick86
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:29 pm to
But figure skating isn't all jumps. Ball room dance would be another maybe, but it all depend on whether people viewed it as sport.

Of the main, well known sports, my answer is no though.
Posted by dabigfella
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:36 pm to
is baking a pie a sport???
Posted by 3rdRowTailgater
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:36 pm to
Making sandwiches.
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