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I was watching a Bob Costas interview on NBC this past Sunday with Winter Olympics medalist Apollo Ohno. He was talking about how he’d persevered through another grueling games and how he was proud to represent the United States.
I also heard some really unmanly sh*t too. Costas was talking about how Ohno had lost out on a couple of chances at gold medals and showed some highlights to review. Ohno had an excuse for just about every case.
In one clip, a German skater placed his hand on Ohno’s leg as he came around the bend towards the stretch run. Barely touched him really. Ohno excuse was that he didn’t do anything wrong and that the German shoved him out of the way. In another case, two Korean skaters cut in front of Ohno around the bend on the stretch run. Ohno again said that he didn’t do anything wrong and that the Korean skaters cutting in front of him was the reason he lost out on the gold.
I wish I’d had a chance to interview Ohno instead of Costas. You can probably guess my interview would have gone a little differently.
- TrueMan: Apollo, in this race, it seems that you were edged out for the gold. Tell us what happened here?
- Apollo Ohno: blah blah blah..German skater shoved me down…blah blah blah…it wasn’t my fault I didn’t win the gold.
- TrueMan: Uh…thanks, Apollo. Let’s look at this one. Here, it seemed like you got edged out again.
- Apollo Ohno: blah blah blah..Koreans cut me off…blah blah blah…it wasn’t my fault I didn’t win the gold.
- Trueman: Uh…thanks, Apollo. By the way…you know you’re acting like a little b*tch right now, right?
A man doesn’t make excuses. He takes his losses in stride and moves forward to bigger and better things. Did you hear Dan Marino making excuses about him not winning a Superbowl with the Dolphins? Did you hear Cleveland’s Craig Ehlo complain in the ’89 playoffs when Jordan faked him out and bust a jumper in his face to move on in the first round? No. They congratulated the winning team and kept it moving.
Apollo Ohno might be a decorated Winter Olympics athlete, but he needs to learn to man up. Stop cryin’ like a little b*tch. You don’t make excuses for why you win, so don’t make them for why you lose. Maybe if you were in front of the other competitors you wouldn’t have those things happen to you.
Apollo, you need to man up. And take that gotdamn mascara off. Don’t know what the hell is wrong with you.
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C’mon son! As light in the loafers (or speedskates as it were) as Ohno is; you actually asking him to man up? Hell I’m wouldn’t be surprised if he started crying and screamed “I’m a tell” when it happened.
C’mon this Ohno guy can’t be the typical guy you hold up as a manly man. Damn Blades of Glory cats can’t be ever! I think he thought it would be seen as humble to show he is a gracious loser. I think it would be best to not say anything at all and just repeat my favorite Rasheed Wallace line “Both Teams Played Hard” I think that’s all you have to say when people cheat you out of things No Ups No Downs no comment at all.
Greenbacker, even a speedskater can man up and admit someone was the better man. That’s all I’m saying.
Freeman, one thing I like about boxing is that it’s hard to badmouth a guy who just kicked your ass. You congratulate him for winning and move on. That’s all Ohno had to do. But no, he had to be a little b*tch and whine all night.