Sometimes only swear words will do.
They can call you uncouth, coarse or foul-mouthed, but there are occasions when there is no substitute for dropping a good old fashioned ‘fuck’ or ‘bastard’ into a sentence.
This clip of Australian Olympian Rohan Dennis appears to be one of those moments.
The Aussie time trial cyclist had an absolute nightmare as his handlebar snapped mid-race and kiboshed his hopes of a podium finish in the medal places.
He was going great guns too in the 54km time trial and looked to be on course for a silver medal in the individual men’s time trial, which would have been only his country’s second ever medal in the event.
But with just 10km to go his handlebar snapped and he was forced to change bikes. He still powered home and incredibly finished just eight seconds off podium, but the unfortunate mishap saw Dennis finish the event in fifth.
When being interviewed by the BBC he tried to be as philosophical as possible for a man whose bike fucked up his chances of a medal.
But try as he might to keep the sweary aphorisms at bay on live TV, he just ended up blurting it out.
The man tells it how it is. The cheeky smile on his face says it all…
https://twitter.com/PrimlyStable/status/763414777377001472
He might have said a naughty word post race on the dear old BBC, but people loved him for it…
A silver medallist just said "shit happens" in a BBC One post-race interview. I love Britain.
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) August 10, 2016
Typical Aussie on live television "shit happens". 😂😂 #Olympics
— Greg Oram (@greg_oram) August 10, 2016
"Yeah, well, shit happens.." Rohan Dennis answers in typical Aussie fashion when asked what he thought about his mechanical issue! #Olympic
— Jez Taylor (@jez_taylor) August 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/SarahReevo/status/763403941526794240
https://twitter.com/adamwebster101/status/763403887432925188
hats off to the Aussie rider summing up his ride by saying "shit happens" live on tv 😂
— Shane Frost (@shanefrosticles) August 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/franhalecesca/status/763403808194097152
laughing at the "shit happens" comment by the Aussie #cyclist at #Rio2016 & the commentator rapidly apologising after he'd walked off! haha
— Sam (@rubyeyelashes) August 10, 2016
@RohanDennis legendary Rohan. Excellent ride. Defo Aussie "Shit happens, get on with it" attitude. Gold next time 🙂
— Lady McDeb – Deb AF (@McZameth) August 10, 2016
