Van de Velde was booed and jeered while competing at the Games. Dutch Olympic officials went to lengths to protect him from the press during the event.

He has now opened up to Dutch publication NOS about his experience, admitting that while he anticipated backlash, the intensity of it took him by surprise. "I definitely had a moment of breaking down, both before the tournament and during it. But I thought ‘I’m not going to give others the power to bully me away or get me away’.

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    24 months ago

    The man recognizes it’s within his interests to show remorse.

    Does he truly feel it? We’ll never know.

    • @njm1314
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      74 months ago

      He’s not showing remorse at all. He never has. He’s bummed he got booed at the Olympics.