Think I posted this in 2016. I've seen a lot of athletes on social media calling themselves Olympians after making the team. What if you get injured and don't get to run? I don't believe you are an Olympian until you step onto the track to compete in the Oympics.
You are not an Olympian unless you live on Mount Olympus...
I have a flight to glasgow at lunchtime. due to covid i wont be going.
will i be in glasgow this evening?
person - athlete - olympic qualifier - olympian (took part in an event, even if dq for false start, but not the opening parade) - olympic medallst.
all these people calling themselves olympians because they have qualified are celary wannabes. what is wrong with calling themslevs what they are - olympic qualifiers on the olympic team.
Y'all are f'in losers. You care way too much about stuff that does not matter, at all. Reevaluate your priorities.
Track & Field News, 'The Bible of the Sport Since 1948,' has long held that an individual does not become an Olympian until they compete at the Games. That's good enough for me.
An individual I know self-identifies as an Olympian. As a member of a relay squad, that person never competed in rounds or finals and never stood on the podium with teammates. There is no indication of this individual in the official record.
A soldier is a soldier even if he doesn’t see combat
I'm still annoyed with Lee Troop for celebrating Jake Riley's Olympic qualifier when he shouted "you're an Olympian!".
Not sure how much of an Olympian Riley felt when Tokyo was delayed and covid was running rampant around him.
The sponsors don’t know the difference.
If your agent can go to contract negotiations and say he or she is an Olympian then more power to you!
Technically, you’re correct, but i don’t think USATF can cite an athlete for an ethics violation for this slightly premature usage of the word Olympian. Also, the vast majority of these athletes will indeed become olympians.
peppa wrote:
A soldier is a soldier even if he doesn’t see combat
And an athlete is an athlete even if they don’t compete in the Olympics. But an Olympian competes in the Olympics.
All athletes are not Olympians just like not all soldiers are not Veterans.
So not one American who qualified for the '80 Moscow Games is an Olympian?
I disagree, they earned it even if a politician took it away from them.
qualifying good enough for me wrote:
So not one American who qualified for the '80 Moscow Games is an Olympian?
I disagree, they earned it even if a politician took it away from them.
But they didn’t compete at the Olympics….. how are they an Olympian?
Wait, this says the United States won the silver medal at the 1972 Games. How can this be? None of them have a medal at home?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics
What about the 1980 team? I've definitely heard them referred to as Olympians even though they didn't compete at the games. Is their situation any different from someone who say, got injured? Does why an Olympic qualifier didn't compete have anything to do with their status as an Olympian?
That's correct. Qualifying doesn't make you an Olympian. What if one of our qualifiers scratches today so the 4th place finisher goes? All 4 can't be Olympians but you wanted to call the dropout an Olympian initially.
Jeeeeeeezus wrote:
Y'all are f'in losers. You care way too much about stuff that does not matter, at all. Reevaluate your priorities.
Well, take a look at the other topics on this board. This conversation is a heck a lot of more productive than most of the garbage being posted.
Report Emily Post wrote:
Track & Field News, 'The Bible of the Sport Since 1948,' has long held that an individual does not become an Olympian until they compete at the Games. That's good enough for me.
An individual I know self-identifies as an Olympian. As a member of a relay squad, that person never competed in rounds or finals and never stood on the podium with teammates. There is no indication of this individual in the official record.
This.
Technically Sarah Attar is an Olympian and Cornelius Warmerdam is not. It just isn’t all that important a distinction.
Report Emily Post wrote:
Track & Field News, 'The Bible of the Sport Since 1948,' has long held that an individual does not become an Olympian until they compete at the Games. That's good enough for me.
An individual I know self-identifies as an Olympian. As a member of a relay squad, that person never competed in rounds or finals and never stood on the podium with teammates. There is no indication of this individual in the official record.
Although this is correct, people who declare 'I'm an Olympian' directly after qualifying are doing so because the idea that something could happen in the meantime to stop them taking the start line hasn't even crossed their mind.
If they did get injured and were unable to take the place, I'm guessing they would no longer give themselves the title.