To be fair, the meme shows her ( Kim Yeji of South Korea) from a tense angle, unlike the one from her original viral pic
Also, afaik, they both won silver and she broke the Olympic record before her compatriot Oh Ye Jin broke THAT record to take the gold.
Basically, they’re super cool in each their way, he’s just older and prefers regular glasses over the actually pretty standard for the sport headgear she sports.
Bonus info: that cute plush elephant she has hanging from her belt? That belongs to her 5yo daughter back in South Korea.
I highly recommend this The Athletic piece about her.
One last bit of trivia: the author shares a name with a New Girl character and it’s not Coach 😛
saltesc@lemmy.world 2 months ago
At least they showed up. Or was this after the fourth last-minute and/or late-minute reschedule?
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A lot of professors are judged on how much grant money they bring in unfortunately.
saltesc@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh, I know. And I’m currently setting up audits on qualifications and alignment to our nation’s higher education standards…at a research university.
I’ve already had industry colleagues remind me of that time a major university here had a big grant puller non-chalantly say, “I never actually completed my PhD” thinking it was just gonna go down totally fine because of how much his reputation pulled research money in ice the years.
Obviously a very smart human that contributed a lot, but that’s not how academia works and obviously an atomic bomb went off with friends lined up for the scraps.
This is my big fear. If I stumble across something like this, I’m quitting for something less stressful like pest control, test piloting, or child care.