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Wow, looks like some short people really went to work on making this page as PC as possible while ignoring reality as much as possible. Height is indisputably a disadvantage in gymnastics, and driving/horse racing (along with size in general). In a couple of the team sports on the page, there are certain, select positions where shorter players are not at a disadvantage. All that said, in the vast majority of sports, there is a huge advantage conferred upon by greater height. Almost all of the sports listed on this page (and almost all of the ones not listed) have average male heights above the 5 foot 9 inch general population average. The page seems intent on minimizing the advantage of height, and talks a lot about individual successful "shorter" players (many of whom are still at or above general population averages), while ignoring the overall averages. Short people are just as morally significant and worthwhile as tall people in the real world, but let's not obfuscate reality by trying to say its anything but a disadvantage in almost all sports.

  • Wow, looks like you're a tall guy with a superiority complex. There's real science and demonstrable evidence behind all advantages conferred by short people in various sports. You'll notice that in every sport where height is a real advantage, it's pointed out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.102.248.98 (talk) 13:53, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Association football

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Why does it say that Javier Mascherano is 1,74 m tall when his main Wikipedia article says that he is 1,70 m and is cited? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JotaJokto (talk • contribs) 22:39, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with basketball edits

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This edit introduced some problems. It should be noted that players regularly ...: "it should noted" is WP:EDITORIALIZING and discouraged; "regularly" is WP:OR, and not supported by sourced. It then starts an WP:EXAMPLEFARM, which is overkill when it was already explained that heights vary depending on whether it was measured with and without shoes, and there is not standard as to how an NBA team lists a players height. On rare occasions, some players will understate ...: Rare is another OR, and "will" is unneeded future tense.—Bagumba (talk) 04:11, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Traveling distances

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Why is there no information about walking, jogging and running different distances? Skillabstinenz (talk) 09:34, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What is average height

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This is clearly a westerncentric article (Probably by an American that thinks average men are 6' tall like in Hollywood), listing men 5'7-5'8" as below average, reality is that is actually the average man worldwide or even slightly taller, that needs to be taken into context rather than what the west perceives as average in their sparsely populated countries. Also take into account there's a clear albeit very overhyped difference in racial average heights among a lot of physical differences beyond just height and length.

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