Definitions by The Original Agahnim
Men's track
While a lot of people focus on what the men's track teams of the past did right and this one did wrong, they're not thinking about this group not only being the first to try and train through a pandemic where the Olympics was in danger of being cancelled, but also the first group not to have their families present. The little things like that make a difference people don't see on the big sounding, built up events people do see on TV. It's hard to know exactly what these guys were going through no matter what people saw on TV.
Men's track by The Original Agahnim August 7, 2021
Men's track
Hopefully they don't listen to the kinds of guys that say they are semi American. It's been a difficult year for everybody, and it's been nearly impossible for Athletes that could only speculate as to whether there would be an Olympics at all, with no good way to properly train/practice/prepare for it. They love their country and their country loves them, win or lose, but they got it done today.
Men's track didn't go home empty handed, there's no good reason for anybody to give them a hard time about every mistake, slip, or stumble.
Men's track by The Original Agahnim August 7, 2021
Undue welcome
An undue welcome is like undue credit or undue respect, it's a welcome nobody owes somebody unwelcome.
The awkward girl welcomed herself uninvited since nobody else had welcomed her, and many had even said no to her being there, even if she didn't take no as a legitimate answer. She was unwelcome to everyone but herself and pretended not to care what anybody thought about it, but hated being alone so much she desperately kept trying to get let in whether anyone else wanted her there or not. She knew deep down that she was expecting an undue welcome from others.
Undue welcome by The Original Agahnim August 6, 2021
Special
Saying that nobody is special is a half truth. Either nobody is special or everybody is special, from infant to terminally ill elderly people. The reality is people can still do things to make themselves unwelcome, and nobody has to accept or permit/allow anything or anyone in particular.
There is no all inclusive truth about whether people are special or not, or whether everyone is welcome or not. It will always be based on an individual basis by someone's actions and not on the way they look on the surface that determines whether they are welcome or not, or whether they do something special or not, and that won't change.
Special by The Original Agahnim August 6, 2021
Skills
Everybody has different skills and different weaknesses, so saying one person's skill is superor to another is wrong, even if it's a more difficult skill or one that took more time and work.
Sports and games aren't enjoyable when one person's skills are called superior to another, and really a judge disregards the efforts of both athletes by doing that (including the one that got the gold medal). Hopefully no athlete is in it to be better than others. Your skills take you where they take you, and that's it.
Skills by The Original Agahnim August 6, 2021
Technical superiority
There's no such thing as technical superiority, it's one of the bullshit terms they made for the Olympics that isn't based on reality, and judges are the kind of people that perpetuate it. A guy can go out and wrestle his way to a gold medal and that's great, but it's not just about winning and nothing else is sacred. It's also how you get a job done, and a gold medal doesn't make you better than the next guy, that's never the point. Hopefully being better than others is not why people dream of being in the Olympics, no matter their country. Once something goes beyond getting as far as you take yourself to one person being better than another, it's not a good thing for people to reach for.
There are technically skilled athletes, and they are champions in their own right, but telling them they are technically superior or that there is such a thing as technical superiority to another human being is wrong, and it's not a trend that should continue. The Olympics are meant to be games, not a superiority measuring contest or battle. That is not enjoyable for anybody, including the athletes (though the judges and announcers might get off on that sort of thing).
Technical superiority by The Original Agahnim August 6, 2021
Men's track
Being young and inexperienced is tough, you know there is a right moment to wait for, and you also know that does you no good if you're not ready to strike at the right time, you haven't always found a balance or a rhythm yet, and you get thrown out of rhythm before you find your rhythm, it can happen to a vet with years of experience and too many medals to count. Really if you're happy with a silver or bronze, or even just showing up, your country is with you no matter what, even if you don't look, act, or think like they do, and they're not going to stop believing in you if you don't stop believing in you. Really it is only you that ends up letting yourself down or being disappointed at the end of the games. A little bit of extra pain to endure and fight through for a gold might not be worse than a few years of frustration for you, but it's really nobody else's split second decision to make.
There's really just one thing that would defeat the purpose of going to the Olympics in the first place for the men's track, and that is give up because of a few stumbles. Whether you win or lose, you might as well fight through to the end, especially if you're young and you're going to be doing it a lot in the future. Starting a habit of giving up isn't going to get things done for you, and showing yourself or your teammates some tough love isn't the same thing as hating yourself/yourselves if you don't win a gold medal.
Men's track by The Original Agahnim August 6, 2021