Third place

In the world cup competitions it’s very much the winner is remembered and everyone else is forgotten.

That’s why the 3rd and 4th play off is always a damp squib of a game.

You get the sense the players don’t care, the coaches don’t care and the fans don’t care.

It’s all shrouded in disappointment from not making the final.

But at the Olympics you see people in fourth place absolutely busting a gut to get into third place.

That’s because with all the folklore embedded in the Olympics it’s seen as a much bigger deal to ‘get on the podium’.

Whether as at the world cups it’s only the winning team that celebrates on the podium with the trophy.