Yankee Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--family-kept-grandparents--deaths-secret-from-chinese-diver-until-she-won-gold-medal.html "Wu's parents decided to withhold news of both the death of her grandparents and of her mother's long battle with breast cancer until after she won the 3-meter springboard in London so as to not interfere with her diving career." I'm so confused. Winning really means that much now? Discuss winning. Inb4 Charlie Sheen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel. Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Wow it depends, I say yes I will/ would have done the same for my self and others for I see it's best because others would not want to hold you back, would they? Like my mother said if its something's you love doing she would not want to be a new wall in life, i agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Spock Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 For a competition of that magnitude and for something that is out of her control, I would say it was the right thing to do. I'm sure her parent's would have loved her just as much if she didn't win. She probably wouldn't have wanted to compete at all if she had known about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee Posted August 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 [quote name='Enlightened Buddha' timestamp='1343893320' post='5995196'] For a competition of that magnitude and for something that is out of her control, I would say it was the right thing to do. I'm sure her parent's would have loved her just as much if she didn't win. She probably wouldn't have wanted to compete at all if she had known about it. [/quote] "Now there seems to be a backlash against the win-at-all-costs mentality after the revelations about Wu followed fierce criticism from a national newspaper when a 17-year-old weightlifter failed to medal." Fail to medal = you're bad. =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Î’yakuya Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 There was an Olympic Article on an Olympian whose mother had died before the competition, yet she managed to persevere and get the gold. It all depends on the relationship, emotional strength, and future outcome predictions. Maybe what their parents did was a scumbag move or a save, but I'd just stick with it and have something to win for; It's when winning is actually worth something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Zero Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Maybe they felt she would quit? Either way telling her could have made her do significantly worse, which would be something she'd regret for the rest of her life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Several years? WHAT?! I would disown them right there and then. Also... [quote name='Cifer' timestamp='1343890838' post='5995184'] Inb4 Charlie Sheen. [/quote] >:[ Also there's another story about how there's a Chinese swimmer who's dominating like a boss and now everyone is accusing him of being on steroids or whatever. Sore losers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Î’yakuya Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 [quote name='Comrade TentaSparkle' timestamp='1343923461' post='5995357'] Several years? WHAT?! I would disown them right there and then. Also... >:[ Also there's another story about how there's a Chinese swimmer who's dominating like a boss and now everyone is accusing him of being on steroids or whatever. Sore losers... [/quote] Actually there was a scandal about the Chinese injecting steroids into their athletes...compared to this article...dem asians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Meh, it's pretty common Eastern culture. I'm not surprised, because that's really just how it works. I mean, a lot of western athletes hire a psychologist exactly for things like this, but it's much less common with eastern athletes. Pretty much that's your answer, guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aiH0EzfUU0g/TnAGh8SsAjI/AAAAAAAAFDo/_-01MSQ3crI/s1600/winning-tshirt.jpg[/img] Sorry. Somebody had to. Personally, winning is only something that happens if you get first in something. There's no real accomplishment from it; it's just another way to boost your ego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ P O L A R I S ~ Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Ignorance is golden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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