Originally Posted by appledash:
“Ok - any athlete who trained 4 years solely for a gold medal win at either olympics or Paralympics , it should be awarded to a devoted Olympian / paralympian male or female , I just feel it should be awarded to a male/female - Olympic / Paralympic who devoted 4 years of the lives training for that SOLE MOMENT IN HISTORY
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“Ok - any athlete who trained 4 years solely for a gold medal win at either olympics or Paralympics , it should be awarded to a devoted Olympian / paralympian male or female , I just feel it should be awarded to a male/female - Olympic / Paralympic who devoted 4 years of the lives training for that SOLE MOMENT IN HISTORY
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No athlete trains solely for the Olympics, every sport has important events and championships occurring annually, it's just the media only become interested in some of them (e.g. taekwondo) during the Olympics.



