Gary Lineker’s response to Olympic athlete soiling himself is a good life lesson

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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXya0KHrxjY 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...

https://twitter.com/CianSmith98/status/766625308606889985

Providing goal updates from the Champions League

https://twitter.com/GranitZaka/status/766006246952562690

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. https://twitter.com/YoyoLondon84/status/766630683838119936

If anyone was able to sympathise with Diniz, it would surely be Lineker himself. And sure enough, so it proved.

https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/766644619706789888

If you thought you were having a shitter of a day, remember there's always someone worse off.

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