big bop wrote:
Loser- a person or thing that loses or has lost something, especially a game or contest.
You chose an interesting label. To be a loser, one had to have lost. The thousands of letsrun posters who merely read this thread but did not post can therefore not be losers when it comes to this topic. The label of competitor is similar in that it means someone competed. The label of Olympian can't be placed upon someone who did not compete in the Olympics. The website chose to do it when they thought he was going to compete. Had he withdrawn early enough to replace him, the 1st line woukd be the same but the 2nd line would say withdrawn. Your logic would leave him as an Olympiab even though the US would have had 3 guys on the start line.
Good lord, your are dense.
The Olympic Committee gave Nuguse Olympian status, then updated his "Team USA" page with a DNS after the Olympics, but still kept his Olympian status. They could have deleted his Olympian status. They could have deleted Nuguse from the roster. But no, it's all there. If US Olympic Committee thinks Nuguse is an Olympian, then he is and your opinion doesn't matter a zilch.
Also, once again: one can be a competitor, but then to choose not to compete. Because you become an Olympic competitor long before the actual competition begins and stay one long after the competition's over. It's a process and not a stamp in a passport.