Rooney later apologized for his language on Twitter and promised to pick up the pace for the relay.
According to The Independent, Martyn Rooney is a sprinter for Great Britain who came out on top as the 400m European champion earlier this year.
Fifth place doesn’t sound all that bad, but when you go to the Olympics, your goal probably isn’t to get fifth place.
Being the running champion of all of Europe brings a certain amount of expectations, and people anticipated a big performance from Rooney in Rio.
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