“They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.”
Sallust (86 BC - 34 BC)

The haterade flows once again. This brother is the first to win an individual gold medal in the winter olympics and people are mad cause he chose not to participate in the new team event. Then new team event that he did not qualify for. The new team event that he wasn’t scheduled for or asked about until a week before it was set to happen. Let’s consider the facts: this cat who is 23 has been training for his individual event for 17 years. He has had problems with the U.S. committee for a long time. He also went to the Olympics in 2002 and did not get to compete. As a result of this he is on record as saying that he would never do something that would bump another person from competition. But he’s not a team player. Keep in mind that people who compete in the Olympics train for most of their lives to have maybe 2 or three chances spread over 4 year spans to achieve something. If you had trained since you were six would you wait until a week before to risk your chances? Especially when the difference between living off of what you’ve done and getting a job is most likely a medal. This dude made history, should we really consider him a bad guy. Shouldn’t he be celebrated? Ah the hatred is in the air. The thing about this is…dude that’s running his mouth isn’t going to step to Shani. You think a brother, raised on the South Side of the Chi who has been speed skating since he was 6 hasn’t been in some fights?