present day Olympians

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by bogie

The black speed skater said in an interview that his gold was for him and his mom. Maybe he didn't mean to sound so selfish. I remember "the old days" in interviews they'd say things like "I'm so proud to be able to represent the greatest country in the world" Maybe they didn't really mean it, but I bought in to it and was proud to have them represent us.

The reason that guy comes off as a dick is because all of the other speed skaters treated him like shit when he was there 4 years ago. They never invited him to do anything and basically outcasted him. Also I can't exactly fault a guy for not competing in that team competition when it was a day before his event that he had trained for.