older american fans of the olympics are Big Mad about some of these young/outspoken athletes. chloe kim tweeting inbetween her runs, adam rippon being sassy and himself in interviews, red gerard dropping f bombs because of his excitement for a gold medal. they’re so mad because older, conservative fans of the olympics see athletes as belonging to them, a prop in their extreme nationalism and a way to be better than other countries. but these athletes are here for themselves, for their own dreams, with their own personalities and reactions and none of these conservatives know how to handle it. they hate that chloe kim was proud to ride for both south korea and america, they hate that red gerard overslept, they hate that adam rippon is outspoken about his dislike of pence, that gus kenworthy is as well.
too bad so sad, buddy.
anyway, 2018′s olympians are Special and i would Die For Them thanks for coming to my ted talk.
The only time in my life I can relate to a Gold Metal wining Olympian…
He also said “holy shit” and “what the fuck” on live international television when he saw his score (after competing in a jacket he borrowed from his roommate because, in his frazzled and overslept state, he couldn’t remember where he’d put his own jacket the previous night). [X] [X] This is the Olympic champion we need and deserve. ♥♥♥
Mirai Nagasu (USA) lands 8 clean, fully-rotated triple jumps in her 2018 Olympic Team Event free skate, becoming the first woman to do so at the Winter Olympic Games, and the second woman overall after Japan’s Rika Kihira first accomplished it in 2016.
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