Wes said:
Although it may not have been her fault, the build-up which the media potrayed, her 'assured' medal and so forth was building her up for a such a large fall.
The media has been way out of control here for a long, long time... we only need to remember it's fickle approach to Beckham after 1998, and then how it glorified him in 2002, only to tear him to shreds again, same with Sven, Damon Hill etc etc... the list is long.
It's how the press works over here... and it sucks seven kinds of sh*t.
Team GB have done very well considering what was being forecast by the media before the games, and I think every single one of them has done us proud, regardless of whether they won Gold, finished last or pulled out... we don't have the investment in our current sporting endeavours, so the fact that we can compete at all is even more remarkable.
But until the media learns to stop putting the weight of the world in expectation on their shoulders, this will just keep happening again, and again and again.