Naomi
@afrochicks
interesting to see the discourse around naomi osakaās post match interview most great athletes hate losing more than they love winning the emptiness and sadness i felt after an underperformance in sports was visceral especially as an individual athlete not in a team sport i think that its because the loss is so measurable like youāre literally a loser𤣠itās so visible and public too if you mess up at work itās between you and your boss maybe colleagues too but to lose when the world is watching, when your family and friends are cheering for you and maybe even travelled and bought tickets to support you just sucks brain replaying every mistake you made non stop but sheāll be fine and bounce back itās just part of sport https://x.com/espnw/status/1941175577806848234?s=46
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Mostafa š©
@mostafa1992
Like, Naomi couldāve just blamed the ball for the loss ā it mightāve helped her feel a bit better. š
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Naomi
@afrochicks
hahahah i had a training partner who ALWAYS did this!!!! he would say it was too much wind or too little wind or the official didnt measure something correctly but he was never sad so maybe thats the move
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