Winning a gold medal comes with more than just bragging rights for South Korean athletes – the honour also gives them an exemption from mandatory military service.
Dotting down a late winner in a crunch match must be a sweet feeling. Sadly for Bath’s Freddie Burns, that wasn’t the case during this weekend’s match against Toulouse.
Running down the home stretch with victory just moments away must feel good. Having that victory yanked from your reach and face-planting – less so.
There’s no harm in celebrating a hard-fought victory as you cross the finish line, but there’s much egg on face when it ultimately costs you the win.
The finish line is in sight, the crowd are cheering your name, this is your moment son. Until you botch it and look like a complete tosser, of course.
There’s nothing like celebrating a hard-earned win: seeing the F1 drivers hose their teams down in champagne; watch runners collapse with pure, overwhelming joy that their incredible hard work has paid off; and then there this guy. oops….