Tokyo Olympics 2020

Hotwired said:
Is a terrible example to followers and spectators.

Some people are glowing like the sun to get a bronze and that happiness gets reflected in the audience.

Just like the disrespect to fellow competitors and the event by taking off your silver during the winners anthem gets reflected in the audience also...

*on the plus side he did express regret afterwards and wished he'd put on a brave face for the podium and everything he was meant to represent up there.
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Totally depends on your expectations going into the event. For some athletes a podium and bronze will represent the pinnacle of their career, for others that would represent four years of their lives wasted. I don’t see why you should put a brave face on it.
 
RoboCod said:
Nah, it completely ****** on the person who won bronze and all those people who spent years training and didn't manage to win a thing.
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Yep, not to mention the athletes who have been attending the games for 20 years or more trying to get a medal. It's a disgusting attitude to have, he had a terrible attitude in his after match interview as well, the other British boxer that got bronze took it like a good sportsman.
 
One More Solo said:
Totally depends on your expectations going into the event. For some athletes a podium and bronze will represent the pinnacle of their career, for others that would represent four years of their lives wasted. I don’t see why you should put a brave face on it.
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Because you get on the largest stage in the world representing your country and you have enough awareness that what you do there results in imitators.

Taking off your medal during the winners anthem requires effort and is clearly disrespectful. All you have to do is nothing for a great improvement while having the selflessness to congratulate the winner with no drama is probably the best image you can present.

Also UK Sport who dishes out best part of half a bil between games will bin you if you can't see it that way since their entire purpose is to sponsor positive sporting role models.
 
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