Lionel Messi returns to Paris Saint-Germain training after Argentina's World Cup victory | CNN
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nails_for_breakfast t1_j2xmgne wrote
At least "going back to his main job" meams he gets to just keep playing the sport he just won. I figure it has to be really weird for those obscure sport Olympic athletes who win a gold medal and then go back to their random office job or whatever
diuturnal t1_j2xvsm4 wrote
It always makes for a fun time though. The Yankees had a giant, ginger, substitute teacher, reliever the year before last.
KaiBlob1 t1_j2zctta wrote
Wow I must really know nothing about baseball because I understood literally none of the words in the phrase “giant ginger substitute teacher reliever”
muckdog13 t1_j2zd9qf wrote
Giant
>Big guy
Ginger
>Red hair
Substitute teacher
>The person who teaches if your teacher calls off
Reliever
>A pitcher who comes in later in the game, after the starter, to relieve the arm of the starting pitcher.
ModestMousegorssky t1_j2zg560 wrote
a substitute substitute, as it were
Godhelpme69 t1_j32mchg wrote
Who was he?
diuturnal t1_j343w3y wrote
Stephen Ridings. He was out for 2022 due to shoulder issues, and then will be a met in 2023.
PhantomRoyce t1_j2yby6k wrote
I used to get my hair cut by a lady gold medalist basketball player
SprolesRoyce t1_j302k6y wrote
In elementary school my speech teacher was a former Olympic gymnast. She had a silver medal if I remember correctly
thebutchcaucus t1_j30p6io wrote
Really who?!
PhantomRoyce t1_j31374d wrote
Can’t remember her name cause I was a kid but I remember there was a big poster of her on the podium in the shop
thebutchcaucus t1_j31jrlx wrote
Dang. I wonder.
Kinglink t1_j2ycl4x wrote
"Hey what did you do on break." "Oh... I just won a gold medal." "Cool, I went to see my in-laws."
c0b4lt_chl0ride t1_j2yl8ap wrote
One of my university lecturers represented the UK at the olympics once for fencing , which is so cool and unexpected in my opinion!
WiiMini t1_j2ynii4 wrote
My PE teacher won bronze in some swimming part of the Sydney Olympics…you’re not wrong
whynotlook123 t1_j2zjvpg wrote
My brother works with a gold medal winning basketball player. She is super nice. Also used to play in Russia actually… but left in like early 2000s…
BallHarness t1_j2yokq0 wrote
Weren't all Iceland players part time when they made semis at Euros?
SirWestbrook t1_j2z5b62 wrote
No
sipmargaritas t1_j2zgvgb wrote
Not a single one was, unfortunately
RoboFeanor t1_j30p24c wrote
No, all pros. The rest of the team staff was though
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