I don't get the happiness in coming second...
11 August 2012, 10:05 PM
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I don't get the happiness in coming second...
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Having just being forced to watch Tom going nuts and diving in the pool in excitement at winning a bronze medal it occurred to me that he's technically the second loser. Why celebrate coming third?. Why not have Brass, Copper, Steel, Plastic, Wood and Rubber medals then everyone can celebrate not winning.
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Having just being forced to watch Tom going nuts and diving in the pool in excitement at winning a bronze medal it occurred to me that he's technically the second loser. Why celebrate coming third?. Why not have Brass, Copper, Steel, Plastic, Wood and Rubber medals then everyone can celebrate not winning.
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11 August 2012, 10:09 PM
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Because he has won a medal by coming 3rd. If only first was to be celebrated then there wouldn't be a silver or bronze medal. It shows accomplishment for the years of hardwork and dedication and the top 3 places are rewarded.
11 August 2012, 10:12 PM
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Precisely - why not just have the gold????
I don't dispute the years of hard work and dedication but a win is a win - second is first loser. There's only one FA cup - the losing team don't get a bronze one
I don't dispute the years of hard work and dedication but a win is a win - second is first loser. There's only one FA cup - the losing team don't get a bronze one
11 August 2012, 10:20 PM
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18 and he's put his quite ripped body on show for all the young ladies of the world to ogle over. He will now have his pick of 1000's of girls to go conkers deep in - maybe that's the celebration? 
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The lad lost his dad recently to a cancer and through all that is on for 4 A's in his A-Levels. He is a credit to his parents and his country and his performance tonight was superb. The lad is not even 20 and yet he's one of the best in the world in his chosen profession..... I'd say he's done Ok
For an 18 yr. old kid, and with all what he has been through, he has done very well in his studies as well as in sports. He has a potential to get gold in next Olympic.
12 August 2012, 12:47 AM
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The lad lost his dad recently to a cancer and through all that is on for 4 A's in his A-Levels. He is a credit to his parents and his country and his performance tonight was superb. The lad is not even 20 and yet he's one of the best in the world in his chosen profession..... I'd say he's done Ok
Why not? Just because you don't place any value on what he does, or other sportsmen/women, doesn't mean it isn't a profession.
12 August 2012, 12:57 AM
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12 August 2012, 01:05 AM
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OK, we get it, you think using lottery funding to help athletes train for the Olympics is a shocking waste (of something which was never actually yours to complain about in the first place). Here's an idea though - how about you start your own thread on what would be valid uses for that money, instead of all the prissy comments in every Olympics thread?
12 August 2012, 01:09 AM
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I think the point is to acknowledge those right at the top of their game. Maybe it should just be gold, then it should also just be winners in football (no loser medals), the podium in F1 should only be the winner, no prizes of any kind to any runners up in any sport????
To some extent, I agree with where you come from, but then, I can be a right grumpy *******.
Is it really so bad to celebrate coming close and being amongst the best rather than looking at it as a failure because it wasn't first place?
12 August 2012, 07:56 AM
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I know tom through my son as they have been friends for a few Years as my son was due to compete in.the hockey and he deserves his medal after the amount he has accomplished.its all about maximum effort not just coming first.and yes he does like Barbara Streisand and the village people.LOL
12 August 2012, 10:18 AM
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No, but I thought they got a runners up medal as per other competitions??? Despite defeat, they still have a 'prize' so to speak even if it isn't a bronze trophy, and are still referred to as runners up as opposed to losers.
I think the point is to acknowledge those right at the top of their game. Maybe it should just be gold, then it should also just be winners in football (no loser medals), the podium in F1 should only be the winner, no prizes of any kind to any runners up in any sport????
To some extent, I agree with where you come from, but then, I can be a right grumpy *******. Is it really so bad to celebrate coming close and being amongst the best rather than looking at it as a failure because it wasn't first place?
I think the point is to acknowledge those right at the top of their game. Maybe it should just be gold, then it should also just be winners in football (no loser medals), the podium in F1 should only be the winner, no prizes of any kind to any runners up in any sport????
To some extent, I agree with where you come from, but then, I can be a right grumpy *******.
Is it really so bad to celebrate coming close and being amongst the best rather than looking at it as a failure because it wasn't first place?I'm not saying it's bad to be happy at being one of the top 3 in the world at something (i will certainly never have that) but i find it difficult to comprehend celebrating winning a bronze / Silver when in reality you have lost gold.
12 August 2012, 11:04 AM
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The lad lost his dad recently to a cancer and through all that is on for 4 A's in his A-Levels. He is a credit to his parents and his country and his performance tonight was superb. The lad is not even 20 and yet he's one of the best in the world in his chosen profession..... I'd say he's done Ok
12 August 2012, 11:28 AM
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Brun, I understand what you are saying. Tom looked ecstatic and stressless after coming third, which is not so common for the thirders. They usually keep lower profile, and look a bit cheesed off, like that Chinese bloke (2nd place) looked. Tom instead jumped into the pool with his mates and had a jolly good play with the water. Then he was going 'Yaaye!' with his arm up to the crowd, as if to say, "we are the champions!", I know. I give credit to his teenage for being so unbelievably sporting over his bronze. For him, perhaps getting a bronze medal was a huge achievement this time around. Perhaps his coach also would have said to him that a medal would do; no matter what it is. You must also have noted the way of scoring. Every little move counts, which most spectators can't even make out. By merely .05, someone can lose their place in final 3. perhaps he didn't go in with much hope, and got something to show for. Other than that, it was the end for him to compete, which happened on the one before the last day of the Olympic. The lad would have thought that he could have a pint now, and let his bowlcut hair down.........Ah! What a relief for him! So, I think due to less expectations from himself and the 'phew' over the fact that there were no more competitive gig left to be stressed about could have catapulted him into the ecstacy of enjoying his bronze. I think for what the kid has been through, shining with bronze on the Olympic horizon is a great achievement.
. They usually keep lower profile, and look a bit cheesed off, like that Chinese bloke (2nd place) looked. Tom instead jumped into the pool with his mates and had a jolly good play with the water. Then he was going 'Yaaye!' with his arm up to the crowd, as if to say, "we are the champions!", I know. I give credit to his teenage for being so unbelievably sporting over his bronze. For him, perhaps getting a bronze medal was a huge achievement this time around. Perhaps his coach also would have said to him that a medal would do; no matter what it is. You must also have noted the way of scoring. Every little move counts, which most spectators can't even make out. By merely .05, someone can lose their place in final 3. perhaps he didn't go in with much hope, and got something to show for. Other than that, it was the end for him to compete, which happened on the one before the last day of the Olympic. The lad would have thought that he could have a pint now, and let his bowlcut hair down.........Ah! What a relief for him! So, I think due to less expectations from himself and the 'phew' over the fact that there were no more competitive gig left to be stressed about could have catapulted him into the ecstacy of enjoying his bronze. I think for what the kid has been through, shining with bronze on the Olympic horizon is a great achievement.
12 August 2012, 12:05 PM
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I hear ya. In F1, there are a number of race leading to the World Championship which is like Olympic heats leading to the Final. There ain't no Silver medal for coming second in the F1 WC
I'm not saying it's bad to be happy at being one of the top 3 in the world at something (i will certainly never have that) but i find it difficult to comprehend celebrating winning a bronze / Silver when in reality you have lost gold.
I'm not saying it's bad to be happy at being one of the top 3 in the world at something (i will certainly never have that) but i find it difficult to comprehend celebrating winning a bronze / Silver when in reality you have lost gold.
You're not a glass half full sort of person, are you?
