Rio 2016 silver medallist went down a storm as part of the BBC’s Olympics coverage and is keen to go again as a pundit
This Olympics has seen the rise of new British stars, from the likes of Tom Dean and Duncan Scott in the pool to Tom Pidcock and Georgia Taylor-Brown on a bike. But one of those who has shone brightest is someone who hasn’t actually competed.
That was not how Lutalo Muhammad originally planned it, with a third taekwondo medal in a third successive Olympics firmly in the 30-year-old’s sights before injury struck during qualification. It was a huge blow but Muhammad decided to dust himself off and take up the BBC’s offer to be a pundit for its coverage of the four days of taekwondo, working from the Olympic studio in Salford. It was a step into the unknown but one that paid off given how Muhammad performed. He was a revelation, seen most clearly in the online reaction to his punditry. Twitter, it is fair to say, blew up.
Written by Sachin Nakrani
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/29/lutalo-muhammad-it-is-inspiring-to-see-athletes-admit-they-are-human-and-suffer under the title “Lutalo Muhammad: ‘I thought people were just excited to see taekwondo’ | Sachin Nakrani”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
