French athlete cried on the podium after being jeered by spectators
The pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie had a bitter moment during medal ceremony last Tuesday in the Rio Olympic Games. Not only Thiago Braz Da Silva snatched him the gold medal, but he had to put up with spectators' jeering.
Sports journalists described as a footballer environment the situation in the stadium the day before, jeering the Brazilian pole vaulter rival. Renaud Lavillenie pointed out: "spectators were so passionate that made things worse for me".
The French athlete gave too his opinion about Monday competitions: "In 1936, the Berlin crowd was against Jesse Owens. We hadn't seen something similar from then. It is something we have to fight, however it is not a good audience image".
Next day spectators jeered him again and Braz asked them to calm down on the podium and tried to comfort Lavellenie after the ceremony
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French athlete cried on the podium after being jeered by spectators
The French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie had a bitter moment during medal ceremony last Tuesday at the Rio Olympic Games. Not only did Thiago Braz Da Silva snatch the gold medal from him, but he had to put up with the spectators' jeering. (Not only did he lose the gold medal to the Brazilian Thiago Braz Da Silva, but he also had to put up with the Brazilian spectators jeering at him.)With all the jeering of the French pole vaulter, Sports journalists described the environment at the stadium to be similar to a football match. Renaud Lavillenie commented on it saying "Spectators were very passionate about supporting Thiago and that made things worse for me". The French athlete also said "In 1936, the Berlin crowd was against Jesse Owens. We hadn't seen something similar since then. It is something we have to fight against, however it does not give a good image of the audience".
Next day, the spectators jeered at him again and Braz asked them to calm down on the podium and tried to comfort Lavellenie after the ceremony.
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French athlete cried on the podium after being jeered by spectators
The pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie had a bitter moment during the medal ceremony last Tuesday in/at the Rio Olympic Games. Not only did** Thiago Braz Da Silva snatch the gold medal from him, but he had to put up with spectators' jeering.Sports journalists described it as a soccer-type environment the situation in the stadium the day before, when the spectators jeered the rival of the the Brazilian pole vaulter. Renaud Lavillenie pointed out: "spectators were so passionate that it (1) made things worse for me".
The French athlete gave too his opinion about Monday's competitions: "In 1936, the Berlin crowd was against Jesse Owens. We hadn't seen anything similar since then. It is something we have to fight, however it is not a good audience image".
The next day spectators jeered him again and Braz asked them to calm down on the podium and tried to comfort Lavellenie after the ceremony.
** not only... esta construccion frecuentamente/siempre utiliza el verbo "do" asi, es mucho mas natural. Tambien snatch se usa asi "to snatch something from someone" (no "snatch from someone something). Pero de todas maneras te entenderemos
1 opciones spectators were so passionate; that made things worse for him o spectators were so passionate (that) it made things worse for him
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