Olympian Rips ‘Bulls***’ American Medal Habit

American Olympians have been known to celebrate Gold, but when it comes to  Silver and Bronze,  no one celebrates  too much. If an American doesn’t walk away with Gold, no one is happy. Well, one Olympian is not about that. Lilly King, the most outspoken American swimmer here in Tokyo, did more than laugh on Friday at how American’s celebrate their medals.

“Excuse my French,” she said, “but the fact that we don’t celebrate silver and bronze is bulls—.”

“Just because we compete for the United States, and maybe we have extremely high standards for this sort of thing, that doesn’t excuse the fact that we haven’t been celebrating silver and bronze as much as gold,” King said.

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Lilly King, speaking it plain as always, regarding the American tendency to downplay medals that aren't gold: "Pardon my French, but the fact that we’re not able to celebrate silver and bronze is bullshit."

— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) July 30, 2021

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Twitter reacted to her take on winning a medal:

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FUCK THIS. AMERICANS HAVE A TENDENCY OF WINNING. STOP THIS LOSING SHOULD BE PRAISED BULLSHIT. https://t.co/X3pIbuye4x

— Mike Tire (@MikeFitzTire) July 30, 2021

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Lilly King spitting facts, as always. https://t.co/hMRaLRyLDr

— Matt Gold (@mattgold71) July 30, 2021

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the international broadcast calling them minor medals is an absolute shame https://t.co/FbdHe3uzn9

— Ashwin (@shwinrr) July 30, 2021

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Silver and bronze means you are the second and third fastest in the world, respectively. That’s absolutely something to celebrate! https://t.co/U41iSuo504

— Michelle L T (@mictori) July 30, 2021

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Making the podium, PERIOD, at the Olympics is one of the hardest tasks to accomplish in life. The fact that our country feels like winning a silver medal is losing the gold is a trash ass take https://t.co/4VJfgXsT8Z

— MonicaRae, Progenitus Protegé (@monicaraefit) July 30, 2021

https://twitter.com/pampamdenise/status/1421092091711479811

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Truly, simply making it to the Olympics is incredible https://t.co/0yNyTqx4f7

— i love crispy tuna rice (@zilabeee) July 30, 2021

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This!!!! #truth https://t.co/u9dr2tvaSe

— Amy Van Dyken-Rouen (@amyvandyken) July 30, 2021

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Lolllllll These OlympianS SUCK!!! https://t.co/2fltrbCjv0

— Treshiq (@Treshiq) July 30, 2021

King finished with the Silver in the 20o Meter Breast and celebrated, because to her, all the her medals mean the same.

“I might be more happy with this medal than I’ve been with any of my previous medals, including the two golds in Rio,” King said. “We really should be celebrating those silver and bronzes, because those are some of the greatest moments of that athlete’s career, and why would we not celebrate that?”

Nothing is wrong with celebrating winning  a medal, but as Ricky Bobby’s Father pointed out, If you’re not FIRST, you’re LAST.

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