{"id":14415,"date":"2016-08-09T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=14415"},"modified":"2016-08-09T00:29:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T04:29:29","slug":"the-alternates-that-will-make-it-to-rio-but-wont-be-considered-olympians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2016\/the-alternates-that-will-make-it-to-rio-but-wont-be-considered-olympians\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alternates That Will Make It To Rio But Won\u2019t Be Considered Olympians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/080916_0421_TheAlternat1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"443\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tim Struby wrote an article about alternates at The Olympics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Olympic alternates have a tough role. They have to be ready to step in at a moment&#8217;s notice, should any of their teammates fall ill, but the IOC doesn&#8217;t officially consider them to be Olympians.<\/li>\n<li>They have to stay in shape and get the right food, but it&#8217;s more difficult for them since they are denied residence at the official Olympics village, where Olympians have access to top facilities (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centives.net\/S\/2012\/sex-and-the-olympics\/\">and lots of condoms<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>They also won&#8217;t receive the swag bag \u2013 gifts from corporate sponsors that can include high end, and incredibly expensive, gear and jewelry.<\/li>\n<li>For people who are hyper-competitive, and are among the world&#8217;s best athletes, it is a humbling experience.<\/li>\n<li>The humbling isn&#8217;t limited to homo sapiens. In the Athens games, the horse that belonged to the equestrian alternate was housed in a temporary farm stable rather than the official Olympics stables.<\/li>\n<li>Possibly the worst part for alternates though, is when the world&#8217;s eyes are turned to the opening ceremonies and Olympians stand with their national flags, shoulder to shoulder with the world&#8217;s best athletes. The alternates watch the ceremony on TVs in their hotel rooms.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s always a desperate hope. In 1964 boxer Joe Frazier, an alternate, had to replace Buster Mathis who had broken his thumb. Frazier would go on to win gold.<\/li>\n<li>In Sochi, a Canadian speed skating Olympian gave his spot to his alternate, believing the alternate to be the better athlete. The alternate won Silver.<\/li>\n<li>And some alternates make their names in\u2026well\u2026alternate ways. An East German tobogganing alternate opted to use the 1964 Austrian games to defect to West Germany.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read the full story of the incredible effort, courage, and perseverance of Olympic alternates over <a href=\"http:\/\/victoryjournal.com\/stories\/the-alternates\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read our coverage of the Olympics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centives.net\/S\/?s=olympics\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/victoryjournal.com\/stories\/the-alternates\/\">Victory Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Struby wrote an article about alternates at The Olympics: Olympic alternates have a tough role. They have to be ready to step in at a moment&#8217;s notice, should any of their teammates fall ill, but the IOC doesn&#8217;t officially consider them to be Olympians. They have to stay in shape and get the right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/080916_0421_TheAlternat1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14415"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14419,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14415\/revisions\/14419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}