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Here are some famous moments when losing was just

too hard… In 1981 at Wimbledon a young John McEnroe
was serving. The umpire said that his serve was ...

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Bad losers?

The hardest lesson to learn in sport is how to lose with

dignity, without blaming your defeat on the referees or
refusing to shake hands with your opponent. Here are
some famous moments when losing was just too hard…
In 1981 at Wimbledon a young John McEnroe was
serving. , but McEnroe The umpire said that his serve
was (1) . He became furious and shouted thought it was
(2) ‘You CANNOT be serious!’ at the umpire. He also
called the umpire ‘an incompetent fool!’ In the 2003
Athletics World Championship the 100 metres runner,
Jon Drummond, was disqualified for a false start. on the
track and began to cry. Two Drummond lay (3) hours
later his coach told journalists: ‘He’s still crying. We’re
making him drink water because he’s becoming
dehydrated.’ In the 1982 German Grand Prix Nelson
Piquet was winning the race. He was trying to pass
Eliseo Salazar (who was last him in the race), but Salazar
didn’t let him go (4) and Piquet crashed into Salazar.
Piquet jumped (5)  his car and started trying to hit and
kick Salazar (without much success!).

English File third edition Pre-intermediate • Student’s

Book • Unit 11A, p.85

© Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE

South Korean footballer Ahn Jung-Hwan scored the

goal the 2002 World Cup when they that sent Italy (6)
beat them 2–1. But Jung-Hwan also played for the Italian
football club Perugia. After the match the president of
the club, Luciano Gaucci, announced that the player’s
contract would not be renewed. ‘That gentleman will
never set foot in Perugia again,’ Gaucci said. ‘I have no
intention of paying a salary to somebody who has
ruined Italian football.’ Gaucci later apologized, but Ahn
Jung-Hwan left the club and never went back to an
Italian club.

When England won the Rugby World Cup in 2003 by

beating Australia in the last minute of the match, the
Australian Prime minister, John Howard, was so angry
that in the medals ceremony he almost threw the
medals at the English players. His behaviour was
described by a journalist as being ‘like an unhappy five-
year-old at a birthday party who starts throwing toys
around.’ Adapted from a British newspaper

The Rugby World Cup, 2003

English File third edition Pre-intermediate • Student’s

Book • Unit 11A, p.85

© Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE

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