Eddie Hearn, Gary Lineker and Arsenal legend hit again at Piers Morgan after claiming ‘no person cares’ about Tokyo 2020 and ‘nice champions’ don’t have fun silver and bronze medals at Olympic Video games

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Eddie Hearn and Ray Parlour have been amongst these to hit again at Piers Morgan over his claims that successful silver and bronze medals on the Olympics aren’t ‘worthy’ achievements.

The previous Good Morning Britain host brought on a stir on social media when he made the controversial declare, whereas additionally insisting ‘no person cares’ in regards to the ‘COVID-ravaged’ Tokyo 2020 Video games.

Adam Peaty won gold in the men’s 100m breaststroke on Monday — Adam Peaty gained gold within the males’s 100m breaststroke on Monday

Protests have occurred within the Japanese capital over the choice to go forward with the Video games, which have been already delayed by a yr, amid rising coronavirus circumstances.

Morgan clashed with Gary Lineker on Twitter with the England legend saying it’s an ‘excellent achievement’ to win an Olympic medal, regardless of the color.

No one cares about these covid-ravaged Olympics. I really feel extremely sorry for all of the athletes nonetheless making an attempt to stay their Olympic dream, however that’s the harsh actuality. And the nice champions like @adam_peaty realize it.
It ought to have been both additional postponed or cancelled.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 25, 2021

Jugs, you discover opening a crisp packet uplifting & inspiring. It is nice to see @TeamGB athletes win Gold medals, not least so we will cease pretending Bronze is an achievement worthy of nationwide celebration, however let’s be trustworthy – these Olympics are simply not the identical with out followers. https://t.co/oPHVV5UBMa

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 26, 2021

Phrases you’ll by no means hear from Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps…. true sporting achievement is about successful, not dropping. https://t.co/Xjw41RI9Xw

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 26, 2021

Former Olympic boxer Paddy Barnes, who gained Bronze medals on the Beijing and London Video games, even provided to ‘struggle’ Morgan.

He mentioned: “Piers, I’ll struggle you for my Bronze medals.”

Arsenal legend Parlour was one other big-name in sport to disagree with Morgan.

He instructed Tuesday’s talkSPORT Breakfast: “There are a variety of journeys these guys have gone on, all of the exhausting work… each 4 years you go and attempt to do higher.

“To choose up any medal is an achievement. Clearly the gold medal is the one you all need.

“I bear in mind going again to Arsene Wenger after we got here second within the Premier League in 2001, he mentioned, ‘second isn’t any good’ and threw his medal away.

“You do bear in mind silver and bronze medals for those who’ve labored exhausting all of your life to get to the Olympic Video games.

“It’s so much more durable to compete towards your fellow professionals to be the most effective on the earth, it’s not simply in England.

Chelsie Giles is Team GB’s only bronze medalist so far, earning Britain’s first medal of the Games in judo — Chelsie Giles is Workforce GB’s solely bronze medalist thus far, incomes Britain’s first medal of the Video games in judo

“Some persons are very, very proud to get a medal.”

In the meantime, high boxing promoter Hearn warned Morgan to be ‘cautious’ over his views on the Olympics.

The Matchroom supremo instructed talkSPORT: “To win a medal on the Olympics is simply essentially the most unbelievable achievement.

“He’s obtained to be just a little bit cautious as a result of he does have an enormous platform and he shouldn’t actually be sending that sort of message out.

“I’m not saying a great deal of the youthful era comply with him anyway.

“I believe it’s a case by case situation. There are some elite athletes that frankly assume silver and bronze medals are irrelevant.

“All sport has suffered behind closed doorways and properly performed for getting it on. Piers moans about individuals moaning on social media, but he moans on a regular basis!

Eddie Hearn was in the talkSPORT studio on Tuesday — Eddie Hearn was within the talkSPORT studio on Tuesday

Piers Morgan was non a popular man on social media over his disrespectful Olympics opinion — Piers Morgan was non a well-liked man on social media over his disrespectful Olympics opinion

“On this state of affairs, ‘oh, they shouldn’t do this, oh what’s the purpose?’ Why don’t you simply flip round and go, ‘properly performed to the Olympics committee for permitting individuals to chase their goals’.

“Have you learnt how exhausting individuals have labored in direction of these Olympics? I see it with the GB Boxing, years and years and years to attempt to get to the Olympics and it may’ve been taken away from them.

“They’ve obtained their alternative, they’re superb athletes and I simply love the Olympics.”

Thus far, Tom Dean, Adam Peaty, Tom Daley, Matty Lee and Tom Pidcock have gained gold for Workforce GB on the Tokyo Olympics.

Duncan Scott, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Alex Yee, Lauren Williams and Bradly Sinden have picked up silver medals, whereas Chelsie Giles has gained a bronze medal.