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Originally posted by Markymark
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Originally posted by Lauren
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Originally posted by Markymark
I misunderstood you. That's a totally different situation as a lot of the disabled athletes have been disabled all their life but yes, I think a lot of them could compete after training for a year or 2.
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Not in the higher factor categories such as amputations, where, for example... our rowing gold medallist was.
Like I said to Shaun - I'm not arguing that they deserve this award more than normal olympians, or that they put more effort in or anything. I simply believe they exert as much determination and it's only the disability disadvantage that hinders them, rather than a lack of effort.
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Determination yes but as for natural skill and talent, it's just impossible to tell if they have as much, but it would be lower in most cases simply because there's a smaller pool of people to choose from.
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Sports personality of the year is about determination and effort, not natural skill. Plus, why should they be disadvantaged just because we "can't tell" if their skill is natural or not.