I once went swimming right after I ate. This dude’s got nothing on me.
I get that they are a dedicated sportsman. But why suffer a permanent injury when you could just recover over a few months and come back next olympics? Seems a bit of an overreaction to me!
Henrik Sedin an NHL player did something similar
https://www.hockeyforum.com/threads/henrik-sedin-loses-finger-tip-to-injury.30124/
Onion-y headline.
Why? It sums up thearticle perfectly and it’s true. Here’s bbc with the same https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckmg7ngkgjeo