Olympic swimmer Lilly King says that American trait is “Bulls ** t”

American Olympic swimming star Lilly King on Friday denounced the American tendency to downplay any result other than victory.

“Pardon my French, but the fact that we don’t celebrate silver and bronze is bullshit,” said the 24-year-old Bloomington, Indiana native after winning silver in the 200-meter breaststroke in Tokyo. , reported Sports Illustrated.

“Just because we’re competing for the United States, and maybe we have extremely high standards for this sort of thing, doesn’t mean that we haven’t celebrated silver and bronze as much as the gold, ”she said, from Yahoo.

“I could be happier with this medal than I have been with any of my previous medals, including the two gold medals in Rio,” King added. “We really should be celebrating these silver and bronze medals because these are some of the greatest moments in this athlete’s career, and why don’t we celebrate it? “

South African Tatjana Schoenmaker won the race with a new world record.

The bronze medal went to King’s American teammate, Annie Lazor.

The moment Schoenmaker realized she would become the fastest woman in the world for the event went viral:

King won bronze in the 100-meter breaststroke on Tuesday.

Lydia Jacoby, 17 from Alaska, won gold, sparking wild scenes in her home country. Schoenmaker took the place of money.

King is part of the 4×100-meter medley relay team whose final takes place on Sunday.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, King went viral for brandishing his finger at Russian Yulia Efimova, who had previously been suspended for doping. She won gold in the 100 meters and the relay.