Another Olympic one..... those post-contest interviews.

[Tiddleztheelephant]

Just curious, do athletes have to kind of practice the post competition interviews as part of their training?
I always feel so sorry for them, they'll be gasping for breath and sometimes obviously devastated and yet when a journalist shoved that mic up their nose they're expected to say something wonderfully apt and inspiring.

Do any of them ever say "look piss off and let me get my breath back mate"?

I wish they would- it'd be much more entertaining!
I agree the whole thing is usually excruciating and reveals nothing apart from 'Yay, I won!' or 'I'm disappointed' blah blah.
I usually mute it now.

I can’t believe the runners have to put a mask on immediately after their race.

But yes I imagine it’s part of ‘promoting their sport’.

I would expect there is some form of media training.