Settling For Silver: Why Second Place Is Worse Than Third

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"Bronze medalists are one step away from not getting anything," says Thomas Gilovich, who conducted a study of winning Olympic athletes in 1995. "But the silver medalist is one step away from something that's very different -- the winner, the thing that gets you on the Wheaties box."

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Comments

[Carl Nash]

02:20 AM on 08/07/2012

Stupid

[Leilani lei]

11:58 PM on 08/06/2012

I saw the Vault Competition with McKayla where she won Silver. I understand the urge to win Gold and her disappointment landing the way she did, but she really has a bad attitude when the Gold and Bronze winner came up to hug her. She had no facial expression and didn't even smile back, while both medal winners carried on with their happy disposition.

I'll give her the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure she was very disappointed.

[sjmir]

08:58 PM on 08/06/2012

Silver is better than no medal..I am sick and tired of Journalists making Silver out to be a consolation prize and failure..2nd is the world is pretty great!! The worst interviewer, in my opinion, is the one who covered swimming...She seems to stress failure rather than accomplishment or focuses in on one swimmer rather than team accomplishment (in regards to relays)

[airborn333]

07:25 PM on 08/06/2012

I'm surprised that no-one has figured out how to put all three on a wheaties box. I think it could, and should be done sometime or other. It wouldn't take a Madison Avenue genius to come up with the right slogan

[LostinSocialSpace]

06:10 PM on 08/06/2012

In third, at least you kinow that your the LOSER. But Silver, questions still lurk in the depths of your mind!