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[–]Vari4 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No. We need to stop saying this.

He didn't loose on purpose.

He was absolutely able to lift the weight. He just failed to do this with the correct technique and was therefore disqualified.

The narrative we need to push isn't that he lost on purpose.

The narative we need to push is that he (1) demonstrated very clearly that he has a strength advantage and, (2) demonstrated that he lacks the appropriate skill and talent to compete at this level.

What let him down wasn't his extra muscle and strength.

What let him down was that he was a lazy piece of shit that couldn't get the technique right.

[–]kwallio 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you watch the video its pretty apparent that he threw the weights away on purpose. He threw the competition.