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Originally Posted by Ishkur
What are you talking about man, the bronze medal RULES. The athlete that gets third is ecstatic that they get ANYTHING at all (third place turns out to be, more often than not, an upset or a personal best). It's usually the silver medal winner that's miffed, because he was that close to winning it all and either let it slip out of his grasp, or in the case of team sports, lost the last game of the tournament. Silver is FIRST loser. Third is better than "I'm just happy to be here". Fourth is the WORST POSITION EVER. Athletes would rather commit suppuku than come in fourth.
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Agree and disagree.
The fact that they made the Olympic team should be one HELL of an honor, no matter what country they are from. Winning a medal should be icing on the cake.
I'd shit a pink twinkie just to be at the games, seated in the 135th row, competing should be an incredible honor.
Note the repeated usage of the word "should".