When you talk about sportsmen relieving themselves on the biggest stage, one name springs to mind more than most.
Gary Lineker has never been allowed to forget his episode during the 1990 World Cup, when he was caught short in the middle of the group game against Ireland and was unable to leave the field of play before doing his business.
It gets brought up whenever the Match of the Day presenter tweets about…well, anything, really.
Whether he’s talking about A-Level results…
https://twitter.com/Jrmadrid_/status/766190254906748929
Making what we have to say is a pretty sharp Shakespeare pun…
Shat on Polonius
— Cian (@CS_Raiden) August 19, 2016
Providing goal updates from the Champions League
shat on Moussa Dembele
— ⚡️ (@zak_afc) August 17, 2016
Or even sharing a photo of the boxer shorts he wore to present Match of the Day.
https://twitter.com/TheSavageImp/status/766637856232247297
So when French race-walker Yohann Diniz suffered similar stomach problems during a long-distance Olympic event, some people’s thoughts turned immediately to Lineker.
Diniz could be seen relieving himself mid-race, prompting a fair few people to turn to the man they regard as an expert on sporting bowel movements.
Today french shat https://t.co/Sgedecizmm
— OmeletteDuFromage (@YoyoLondon84) August 19, 2016
If anyone was able to sympathise with Diniz, it would surely be Lineker himself. And sure enough, so it proved.
Shit happens. https://t.co/lNesac6Tj5
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) August 19, 2016
If you thought you were having a shitter of a day, remember there’s always someone worse off.
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