Great video of Matthew Mitcham talking outside the diving arena after winning the gold medal, flanked by his mom, Vivienne, and his partner, Lachlan Fletcher. Mitcham is very funny and endearing:
By Jim Buzinski
Matthew Mitcham talks with partner at side
August 24th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Tags: Diving · Matthew Mitcham
8 responses so far ↓
1 Jim Allen // Aug 24, 2008 at 5:00 am
Well, hello, Lachlan, how *you* doin’? /Joey voice
Very nice, I hope he milks his medal for every dollar (Austrailian, of course) he can.
2 RANDY HICKS // Aug 24, 2008 at 8:51 am
congrats to all 3 of u excellent interviewmake me proud to be a gay guy
3 ladan // Aug 24, 2008 at 9:41 am
am really happy for u,,,go dude
4 Keith // Aug 24, 2008 at 9:47 am
doesn’t get any better than that… and he seems to be such a nice young man. sharing this with his partner and family, the best!
5 canmark // Aug 24, 2008 at 10:26 am
Now THAT’S a happy guy. Congratulations Matthew!
6 RobRoc // Aug 24, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I think that one interview was better than any single interview I saw on NBC’s Olympic coverage over the past two weeks. Way to go, Matthew!
7 BeiJing Kid // Jan 3, 2009 at 1:20 am
You don’t care about BeiJing? OK….
We also don’t care you are here…. BeiJing is not welcome you since you don’t care your travel in BeiJing…
8 FeRD // Jun 30, 2009 at 1:08 am
BeiJing Kid, I understand how you could have interpreted it the way you did, but if you listen to the interview again that’s not what Mitchum is saying at all. In fact, exactly the opposite.
He started off by saying that he was disappointed about his late finish in the competition events… he says his big regret is finishing so late and not having free time to be a tourist, to enjoy the Olympic village, and the hospitality and tourist sights of Beijing. Those are all things he wanted to experience during his time there.
Because he performed so well in his events, most of his time was taken up with competition, which resulted in him winning the Gold. Given the choice between gold medal competition, and having enough time to see all that Beijing has to offer — if you can only choose one — I think most of us would choose to compete for the Gold!
That’s how I interpret what Mitchum is saying, and I really don’t believe he meant any insult to your wonderful city!
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