They were all smiles at the finish line congratulating the others, maybe you should try to adopt the same positive attitude. Maybe Hiltz will be disappointed later but certainly not devastated. Fifth place at worlds is nothing to be ashamed of, it's more than most of us will ever achieve.
Astute observation, captain obvious. You seem gleeful about it.
Hiltz got some random woman kicked out of her running club for disagreeing with her. She would have become 10x more insufferable if she won a medal. So yes, many people are not going to be sad that she didn't medal.