❱ UNEQUAL MEDALS
AS I watched coverage of Team GB boarding the plane home from the Olympics in Rio, I couldn’t help feeling sorry for the members of the athletics team (apart from Mo Farah) because as non-gold medal winners they turned right as they entered the plane – not left into first class.
This enhanced treatment of gold medal-winners doesn’t surprise me and I suppose it is a justified reward for their hard work given the emphasis the country places on winning Olympic golds.