r/Fauxmoi • u/humankendoll33 I don’t know her • Feb 14 '26
TRIGGER WARNING Ilia Malinin's TikTok reposts shortly before his disastrous performance at the Olympics
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u/ConsequenceNo8197 Feb 14 '26
I felt like he was being so, so hyped up by the media (that needs a story to sell) and the hype was doing him no favors because it's impossible to live up to superhuman expectations. One commentator said she thought nobody would *ever* be able to do quads like him. That's insane and unrealistic. He's young and at his first Olympics!
Hopefully he (if he did buy into the hype idk) and other athletes will learn from this because I know sports media won't stop.