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dduardo
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I was listening to NPR in the car and they were talking about how the wealthy nations were able to send technicians with their athletes to tune equipment based on course conditions, while poorer countries didn't have the luxary.
In particular they were talking about how U.S. skiers would have various sets of skies which were specially waxed based on measurements and calcuations technicians would take of the course, while Romanian competitors would have one pair of skies that were waxed in no special way.
Do you think the Olympic committee should give out standard equipment to the competitors so that metals are earned through human abilities, rather than technological/monetary differences?
In particular they were talking about how U.S. skiers would have various sets of skies which were specially waxed based on measurements and calcuations technicians would take of the course, while Romanian competitors would have one pair of skies that were waxed in no special way.
Do you think the Olympic committee should give out standard equipment to the competitors so that metals are earned through human abilities, rather than technological/monetary differences?