Swimming champion Hagino loses mojo, sparking Olympic fears

Poor Hagino. I'm sure he's burnt out with all the pressure, especially after Irie and Kitajima Kosuke fell out of the spotlight. I hope he does what's best for his mental health.

It only sparks fear if all you care about is a gold medal and not the athlete. I care about the athlete, and if taking some time off to recuperate is what Hagino needs, to hell with what the media thinks. We just need our token oyaji to come out and say how "Disappointing and regrettable it is. He was a gold medal chance," like the butthole that put the chance of a gold medal being lost before the young woman with leukemia.