Conegamer said:
It's a completely different scenario. The Badminton players were trying to lose, and deliberately played to fail. The Cyclists were trying to win, and the actual interview says that his bike was wobbling and unstable, and crashed in order to get his bike sorted out, and play to win. This was confirmed by the officials, otherwise they would have just been disqualified. |
Nope, it's not completely different, but you proved what I always thought about doping and sportsmanship: People only care about misuse and only question decisions if their country is not involved. Of course I expected a quick reply telling me they were "just tring to win", even if a 19year old boy - who miraculously seems to be unable to speak proper English despite a British father - admitted he was told by his British coaches to crash for a restart if they start too slowly.
Evil Asian girls => "outrageous, crying shame for the Olympic spirit, burn the witches, plus: their swimmers are all on heavy dope anyway"
Splendid British team => "nothing to see here folks, good sportsmanship by default, just trying to win even if a team member admitted fraud"
