You knew the Russians would whine about something. Not really a whine, but not really the kind of supportive comment you would like from a professional. Perhaps it was resentment over this, or simply pure honesty, which prompted Totmianina to offer a rather un-generous opinion on the Zhangs’ misfortunes. “I felt nothing special,” she said, when asked about the fall. “They were kind of aggressive in warmups. “They didn’t let us warm up properly.” Please….someone should head slap this Russian girl (oops, that already happened the hard way). But one thing I’m trying to get my head around this year is the number of socially clueless athletes making just stupid statements like this. ]]>
Our First Russian Whine of the Olympics