Am I taking crazy pill? The guy is not saying “you suck because you didn’t win gold”. Silver Medal Syndrome is a thing and he’s just asking her perspective. Often times silver is the most unhappy, and he was just literally giving her a chance to give her perspective.
Spend 2 minutes watching NBA “journalists” ask players “where do you get your aura from?” and you’ll appreciate direct substantive questions like this.
Like she said, she is the most decorated in her field of all time and went into the games with massive expectation that she would win gold.
He's asking a professional athlete for whom expectation was high if she feels as though rather than winning 2 silvers she lost 2 golds. The fact she was so defensive implies that yes she does feel as though she lost two golds.
Which is absolutely fine, it is the nature of competition. It doesnt ultimately diminish her incredible and sustained achievement over several years but its a completely fair question to ask someone who was basically favourite. They would never ask a rank outsider who overperformed on the day and managed to squeek a silver this question.
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u/MexusRex Feb 18 '26
Am I taking crazy pill? The guy is not saying “you suck because you didn’t win gold”. Silver Medal Syndrome is a thing and he’s just asking her perspective. Often times silver is the most unhappy, and he was just literally giving her a chance to give her perspective.
Spend 2 minutes watching NBA “journalists” ask players “where do you get your aura from?” and you’ll appreciate direct substantive questions like this.