You’ve devoted your whole life to the game. It’s all you’ve ever wanted. Winning gold is the only thing that could ever matter. You cannot fail. You will not fail. Except that, like, you failed. And now you’re stuck with silver.
That’s the plight that at least half of Olympians probably face at the conclusion of their event (sorrz guyz, I’m absolutely NOT doing any research for this). But that’s not why they all look so tickered on the medal stand. No, no. They have much better reasons than that! So, with a big old hat tip to this post from Yahoo! we proudly present the real reasons that silver medalists* have had such sour faces on the medal stand:
American McKayla Maroney.
Russian Victoria Komova.
China’s Ning Ding.
Brit Christine Ohuruogu.
Belarussian Aliaksandra Herasimenia.
American 4×100 free relay.
*Note: These are legit all silver medalists either right after winning silver losing gold or on the podium.
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