The Japan Times
For the world's elite athletes, failing to grasp an Olympic medal hurts — and especially so for the person who finishes fourth, among the very best in the world but just one step short of the podium. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/02/20/olympics-fourth-place-finishers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #annikamorgan #frankiedelduca #joshuawilliamson #kirstymuir
Fourth-place finishers at Olympics grapple with emotions of near misses

'It sucks a lot,' snowboarder Annika ‌Morgan said after the slopestyle event. 'That's all I can say. Someone has to be fourth. And it's me.'

The Japan Times
Feb 20 at 3:04amBuffer
Show threadEvan ProdromouFeb 20
@thejapantimes someone should invent a special tradition just for the 4th-placers. Like, they get big hugs from the other athletes for the remainder of the games.