NewsScottish NewsScottish Olympian fights back at Twitter troll

Scottish Olympian fights back at Twitter troll

SCOTS Olympian Lynsey Sharp has hit back at a Twitter troll who said she should lose her funding and called her performance “pathetic”.

Sharp missed out on the finals of the women’s 800m after a seventh-place finish in the semi-finals last night (thur).

The 22-year-old’s selection for the squad was controversial as she was chosen over three women who achieved the Olympic A standard.

But after she lost to Kenyan Pamela Jemino, a Twitter user called Phil Allen from Wirral, bombarded her with Tweets, saying she should apologise to the athletes she was chosen over.

He Tweeted at her: “You cost three girls their Olympic place, that performance was pitiful!”

He also said: “Lynsey Sharp that was a joke I hope you lose your funding you cost three girls their Olympic dream” and “Pathetic from Lyndsey Sharp why klnock back 3 A grade performers for her?”

Even though Sharp Tweeted about her disappointment over her performance, he said: “No excuse, you cost three girls their Olympic place. You should not have accepted a place when you only had B standard times.”

The Twitter user, who describes himself as a “huge sport fan” and supporter of Tranmere Rovers FC and St Helens rugby, later removed some of his Tweets.

But Sharp batted away his taunts, saying last night: “@PhilAllen1980 thank you for the one negative tweet of the day #yawn”.

She later thanked her fans for their support, Tweeting this morning:

“Blown away by the nice tweets uv sent me! Was gd to get out for a run this morning and clear my head.

“Im an Olympic semi-finalist…not bad!”

Sharp threw herself to the ground and buried her face in her hands after the race, and later gave interviews speaking of her bitter disappointment.

 

Related Stories

WordPress Cookie Plugin by Real Cookie Banner