Paul M., Mastroianni may be out in left field, but Hart is a bit…further removed these days.
The sport has been ruined by technology anyway. Bonnie Blair was probably one of the best female speedskaters ever to take to the ice, but all her records have since fallen because of the introduction of “clack skates”; the blades have a spring at the heel and a hinge at the toe, keeping them in contact with the ice longer than fixed-blade skates. The disparity between the old times and the new ones isn’t as great as, say, the difference made in pole vaulting when they switched from bamboo to fiberglass, but the faster times don’t necessarily equate to better athletes.
(grumble grumble grumble)
And another thing! I think this exact joke (minus the sight gag) was made during the Summer Games a number of years ago, but the question was “Who looks good in the women’s shot-put?”
Paul M., Mastroianni may be out in left field, but Hart is a bit…further removed these days.
The sport has been ruined by technology anyway. Bonnie Blair was probably one of the best female speedskaters ever to take to the ice, but all her records have since fallen because of the introduction of “clack skates”; the blades have a spring at the heel and a hinge at the toe, keeping them in contact with the ice longer than fixed-blade skates. The disparity between the old times and the new ones isn’t as great as, say, the difference made in pole vaulting when they switched from bamboo to fiberglass, but the faster times don’t necessarily equate to better athletes.
(grumble grumble grumble)
And another thing! I think this exact joke (minus the sight gag) was made during the Summer Games a number of years ago, but the question was “Who looks good in the women’s shot-put?”