Kaksinkertainen olympiaurheilija Suvi Mikkonen latasi yksilöurheilun hurjat realiteetit!

Taekwondoka Suvi Mikkonen latasi yksilöurheilun hurjat realiteetit ja sen valtaisan aliarvioinnin, jota hän on joutunut kohtaamaan urallaan.

Kaksi kertaa Suomea olympialaisissa edustanut Suvi Mikkonen luki painija Rami Hietaniemen päivityksen ja tykitti. Hietaniemi koki epäonnistuneensa, taekwondossa olympialaisten viidenneksi sijoitttunut Mikkonen ei allekirjoittanut epäonnistumista.

Mikkonen kertoo oivallisesti siitä hurjasta seulasta, joka urheilijan täytyy läpäistä päästäkseen olympialaisiin. Urheilijan pitää olla maailman 16 parhaan joukossa ja neljän vuoden työ tähtää vain yhteen hetkeen. Mikkonen vertailee nerokkaasti muita aloja ja tienistejä, jotka ovat tähtitieteellisiä verrattuna usean maailman TOP 16 omassa lajissaan kuuluvan urheilijan ansioihin. Mikkonen kertoo elävänsä 800€ kuukausipalkalla

Alla ja TÄSSÄ LINKISSÄ Suvi Mikkosen koko päivitys, joka kuvaa yksilöurheilun realiteetteja ja lukuja täydellisellä tavalla.

“Having read Rami Hietaniemi’s post today deciding to continue on the the 2020 Tokyo olympics after he has given it a lot of thought, it inspired me to share my thoughts and experience as an athlete who has been in a similar situation.

Rami said in his post “after 2 failed attempts in the previous Olympics, I’m going to try a third time” I myself have been to 2 Olympics, the first time I placed 5th and I was given lots of pats on the back and the second time I placed 9th and was made to feel like a failure, it took me to a pretty dark place and it was very hard climbing out of there. I had just spent the last 4 years of my life preparing for that one single day, dreaming about my national anthem playing, getting up on the podium, working my butt off every single day, to get there in the best possible condition and then that day finishes with The Olympic team, the public, even my own coach due to the tremendous pressure we were under made me feel like I had failed tremendously, and everyone except my coach, lost all faith in me to continue to fight for my dream in a third attempt.

But how can anyone possibly say that I failed? In a sport where ONLY the top 16 athletes in the whole world even qualify! So for example in a track and field event like the 100m sprint it would be like only the athletes who make it to the semi final round count, same goes for swimming. How many people in the world can say they are within the top 16 of the world in their field of expertise? Say you are an architect, a mathematician, a musician, a business man, a doctor, etc. Now think that you are number 9 on the list of the top 16 worlds best! The 9th best surgeon, the worlds 9th best Chef, the worlds 9th best professor, the 9th best realtor in the world, these people would all be praised and most likely very rich! I have a salary of 800€ a month and have been told that if I were to qualify for my third Olympic Games, that would be a nice achievement.

Are you KIDDING ME!?!? A NICE achievement?? That is like telling someone it’s a nice achievement to be nominated for an Oscar!? How many people can say they have ever been nominated for an Oscar!? I don’t personally know anyone who has! In my field that I have chosen there is an opportunity ONE TIME every 4YEARS to qualify within the top 16 best athletes of the world which I have successfully done twice! But I’m a failure? The world can be a pretty cruel place.”

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