Thomas Ceccon‘s placing his mattress the place his mouth is … mendacity on a blanket and catching a number of winks after publicly slamming the Olympic Village.
The Italian swimmer was filmed taking a nap outdoors in a put up from Saudi Arabian rower Husein Alireza … totally stretched beneath a park bench, backpack down as a pillow.
Alireza wrote, “Rest today, conquer tomorrow,” on the put up … and, it is getting a ton of circulation on-line — primarily ‘trigger the dude publicly trashed circumstances within the village.
Ceccon took dwelling medals in his first two races — profitable gold within the males’s 100m backstroke and bronze within the males’s 4x100m freestyle relay — however, he didn’t qualify for the ultimate within the males’s 200m backstroke.
After his brutal defeat, Ceccon vented his frustration to the press … claiming there isn’t any air-con, the meals’s insufficient, and many others. — all complaints followers of the Olympics have heard from different athletes this summer time.
However, many athletes are gutting via the circumstances … whereas Ceccon appears to be selecting greener pastures to nap on.
BTW … this pic was posted Saturday — and, Ceccon ended up lacking out on the ultimate in one other relay occasion with the Italian staff on the identical day, so undecided how a lot the nap actually helped.
Backside line … Olympians ought to be at liberty to sleep within the streets — but it surely will not essentially assist them medal of their meets!
