Three-time world championship Dutch gymnast, Yuri van Gelder has been kicked out of the Olympics for excessively celebrating Saturday evening after qualifying for the final of the rings event, The Dutch team said via Daily Mail.
The 33-year-old isn’t unfamiliar with breaking the rules – back in 2009; he was suspended from the Dutch Gymnastics Union for using cocaine three days before the national championship. Saturday, he violated his teams “restrictions on alcohol consumption” policy.
‘It’s terrible for Yuri, but this kind of behaviour is unacceptable,’ Dutch team ambassador Maurits Hendriks said in a statement on Tuesday. ‘In sports terms this is a disaster, but we had no other choice given the violation of our values.’
A statement was made on van Gelder’s website saying he is ‘handling the matter privately’ and has no comment yet. His spot in the rings final will now go to Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues of France.
A series of memes were created in the wrath of his exit, most of them giving him the new title ‘Lord of the Drinks.”
Let this be a lesson to everyone, it doesn’t matter who you are and how much you win, rules are never meant to be broken.
For pictures of the memes, flip through the pages