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[–] espentan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

True, but I'd argue you'd have a hard time being competitive in sports if you do that. Well, a high intensity sport, anyway.

"Bolt is on track, ready for a new record attempt, there's the whiskey bottle, and I think he's smoking Pall Malls today"

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I could see maybe boxing. Possibly baseball.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

11m shootouts in soccer. And I know for a fact that drinking some alcohol was a thing in endurance cycling, IIRC it supposedly works because it makes it easier to push through the pain. Which sounds insane and self-destructive, but that's kinda par for the course for endurance cycling.

Also, just 50 years ago many sports just weren't that professional; you just didn't need to be at absolute peak fitness in soccer, especially not when your team was a lot better than your opponent's.