*eyeroll*

Clicking on the smh homepage this morning and what do I see?


I couldn't help but think that if it had been an Australian swimmer as opposed to French and German swimmers, there would be outrage over a "stolen" title or some such crap.

Instead, they're "sulking" and "blaming" others.

Look, I don't doubt that the swimsuits that are used by a hell of a lot of professional swimmers give an additional advantage - so why not make it a standard requirement?

In this day and age professional sports people are generally sponsored by large corporations who can afford to supply them with these expensive suits. Sport has such a high profile that even those participants who don't have major companies backing them could still raise a decent amount of money to afford the suit.

Or, I dunno, get a job like everyone else.

The point is, articles like the one in the smh do not help things when a double-standard is applied. Australia is considered to be a "sports mad" nation, but surely we have a bit of compassion for those sports people who don't have such massive support behind them.

A win when the playing field isn't even to begin with isn't a genuine win. It is an empty one. And no amount of disparagement of your competitors is going to make it anything more.