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lessismore · 4495 days ago · link · · parent · post: What is wrong with losing strategically to put yourself in a better position to win a gold?
At this level, the goal is to win the gold. Some of these people dedicate their entire lives to win the gold. That is what they will be remembered for and more importantly it can very well set them up financially in the future. Why do we remember Mary Lou Retton? It is because she WON the gold. Did Kathy (Who Is She Again?) Johnson get to be on the box of Wheaties? No. It was the gold medal winner.
If the game is all about sportsmanship and fair play, this girl would have been in the medal rounds. The USA Men's Basketball team would have won the gold medal in Munich in 1972.