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This Heroic Australian Badminton Player Ate So Much Maccas After He Lost At The Olympics

I have never been more proud to be Australian.

by Sinead Stubbins  15 August 2016

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Sawan Serasinghe is an Australian Olympic badminton player who unfortunetly lost in the mens doubles match at Rio over the weekend. However, Serasinghe did not cower and hide after this brutal defeat. He did not disappear, but instead picked himself up and buoyed by the spirit of great, resilient Australian athletes of the past, he made a proud and public statement — now I’m going to eat a fuckload of Maccas, bye.

Wow what a week it has been in Rio! Have to say I am disappointed about the match today. We definitely had a good chance to stretch the match to three sets toward the end of the second set but couldn’t close it out. We would have loved to end our first Olympic campaign with a win against a much higher ranked pair. Although having said that, there are lots of good things to learn from the matches in the last three days playing against more experienced pairs. Can’t wait to go back home to start training and keep on improving! Just want to say thanks again to everyone back home for the on going support. Definitely motivated me to fight hard on court everyday! ❤️ Now it’s time to eat some junk food after months of eating clean! ?

A photo posted by Sawan Serasinghe (@sawansera) on

I have never been more proud to be an Australian, than when I first gazed upon Sawan Serasinghe and his magnificent rig (who knew you had to be that ripped to play badminton!?) with six burgers, six large fries, 40 nuggets and six brownies splayed out before him. “Now it’s time to eat some junk food after months of eating clean!” Serasinghe said.

Did he eat all of this in one sitting? What did he start with? Were the nuggets cold by the time he got to them (the burgers of course came first, what am I thinking)? Why did he only get one Big Mac (respect on the Quarter Pounders, respect)? Why did he fuck with the brownies when he could have copped some apple pies? I have so many questions.

Sawan Serasinghe, you are a true Australian hero.