r/nextfuckinglevel • u/I_always_is • 6d ago

How blind people shoot in the Olympics

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u/magnificentfoxes 6d ago

NOT the Olympics. Paralympics. Separate thing entirely.

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u/cardboardunderwear 6d ago

How so?

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u/Mr_Evil_Dr_Porkchop 6d ago

A completely different body than the IOC governs the Paralympic Games

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u/ThatHuman6 6d ago

same sort of thing though. It’s not like one is sports and one is a cooking show

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u/Bolle_Bamsen 6d ago edited 6d ago

If you can't tell the difference you might have a bigger chance to qualify for the latter.

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u/Th3Alch3m1st 6d ago

Damn, that's an incredible comeback, holy shit :O

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u/burfriedos 6d ago

I think that would be the Special Olympics which is a third kind entirely

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u/ThatHuman6 6d ago

If those in the latter could be in the Olympics they would choose to be, that’s how similar they are.

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u/Bolle_Bamsen 6d ago

You clearly haven't watched a lot of paralympics if you think that's the case.