That race was the epitome of what you are talking about!
Yep, i posted this in the Swimming thread in the Olympics thread.
A person i know very well is at his third olympics and is in the Aussie Water Polo team.
They get absolutely no funding, he has had to work his arse off to get back after a really bad injury, with not much help from anyone. Well he has made his third olympics and he bleeds green and gold and i know much it hurts him when they lose and under perform. Unlike the pampered swimmers who get shitlaods of funding and endorsements..
What do we get when they lose??? Awwww we tried our best, please don' thats us. We really don't need gold to be winners lol. What a crock of shit.