Olympic Report

HUBRIS (ENGLISH TRANSLATION: PHILLIPS ODOWU)

When the entire Team GB athletics team went to the Algarve just before the start of the Games, he of the bright hair did not accompany them; neither did he have the courtesy to inform the chef d'equipe of his whereabouts. He was officially a missing person until he showed up for the triple jump qualifying round this morning. All this astonishingly arrogant behaviour might have been forgiven if he had performed at the level we might have expected. Instead he didn't even qualify for the final. And all this despite the fact he has been supported by the BOA to the tune of over £1million.

What a tosser! was my first thought, and probably my last on that subject. Never again should he be allowed to compete for his country. Last week we saw one of our judo competitors excoriating himself in public for letting everyone down when he failed to win a medal. "I've let my coach down, I've let my family down, I've let my girlfriend down!", he gushed, in an orgy of self recrimination that was quite touching. Will we see anything like that from Odowu? Will we fuck. He'll probably blame everyone else for his failure, say he's misunderstood, etc etc. Well, I for one have no wish to understand him. Rather, I just wish he would go away and never, ever, come back.