The Brazilian Crowd Booed As A French Pole Vaulter Wept On The Podium; Was This The Height Of Bad Sportsmanship?
The Brazilian Crowd Booed As A French Pole Vaulter Wept On The Podium; Was This The Height Of Bad Sportsmanship?
No one's perfect, but surely he didn't deserve this kind of treatment?
No one's perfect, but surely he didn't deserve this kind of treatment?
French Pole Vaulter Renaud Lavillenie was the favorite to win the Pole Vault this year. He went up against Brazilian Thiago Braz da Silva, and the home crowd were really not a fan of the Frenchman. Renaud then compared them to the Nazi's booing Jesse Owens, and things went from bad to worse
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But at least he apologized!
Renaud took silver in the event, and the home crowd showed him no mercy even as he wept
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Seriously a bad day
Renaud's comparison was clearly overblown, but this is the Olympics, an event that carries emotional weight for these athletes and Renaud apologized
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He was clearly having an incredibly rough time
Renaud's comments were poorly worded, but he's since apologized and accepted the criticism. Do you think the reaction of the Brazilian crowd was bad sportsmanship? Should the Olympic Committee take action? What do YOU think about this?
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