“Now if there’s one thing I’ve learnt over the past few weeks it’s that one and zero often mean the same thing…which makes my binary lessons very confusing. But never mind.
“To make myself feel less sad about what happened in Spain I’ve compiled a list of other sportsmen and women who have celebrated too early and ended up looking like a vegan at a bullfight.”
Sean Emmett
“Now when I do all my celebrations, I ensure it’s not dangerous to do so. I pride myself on being the safest waver in MotoGP ensuring that I stay off the racing line to avoid being hit by the riders who can count correctly.
“Not Sean though. He may be arithmetically sound but his mid-chicane shenanigans in 2004 put everyone at risk…along with his 2005 contract. Still his actions did allow Michael Rutter to experience a race win not in the pouring rain.”
Aleix’s wave score: 👋👋👋
Meghan Rutledge
“Australian Meghan’s a top female Motocross rider…which sadly is the equivalent of being “a top vegetarian meal” here in Spain. Still she had her chance to become a big fish in a small, unwatched pond by winning the 2013 event at the World of X Games.
“Confidently she decided to showboat with a victorious mid-air wave to the four spectators as she led the final lap. Sadly her landing was worse than Lorenzo’s HRC season and poor Meghan fell off and lost the race.”
Aleix’s wave score: 👋👋👋👋
Khalid Askri
“Football’s not a sport for me. It’s not like you can spend a quarter of your life developing some terrible football boots in the hope that one day they’ll actually be good enough to allow you to compete.
Anyway, here’s the Moroccan goalkeeper Khalid Askri playing in front of a women’s football style crowd. He should have kept his eye on the pit board in my opinion.”
Aleix’s wave score: 👋👋👋
Jeremy Jurkiewicz
“If you’re going to celebrate too early at least do it with dignity. Jeremy’s un-sportsman like actions remind me of a certain rider I won’t mention here – let’s just call him Jorge X.
“Anyway Jeremy, just like the aforementioned Mr Lorenzo, used utter bad sportsmanship to cover up his feeble actions. After this humiliating win he probably took to twitter later on to diss me and the amount of races I’ve won.”
Aleix’s wave score: 👋👋
Usman Ahmed
“Boxing is not a popular sport here in Spain. If we have to be in a fight for sport then it’s vital we fight against a drugged animal and that we have a sword. However we do know a lot about humiliation.
“Here’s the Pakistan boxer Usman Ahmed showboating before his match. What a chump. That would be like Maverick claiming he was going to win the race after topping FP1.
“Thankfully his frankly ridiculous celebrations ended up with him flat on his face.”
Aleix’s wave score: 👋
Lindsey Jacobellis
“Finally let’s finish on a positive. This shows to everyone, including my sponsors that yelled at me after the race, that you can come back from an utterly embarrassing premature celebration.
“During the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics Jacobellis was favourite to win the Women’s Snowboard Cross Final. I think that not many women can ski let alone snowboard so the fact they managed to get four starters was somewhat of a surprise to me.
“Anyway in the final Lindsey battled her way to the front and looked set to win by miles… so decided to go for a showboating jump to all the crowd who were patiently hanging around to watch the men’s race later in the day. Sadly she misjudged her landing and ended up losing the gold!
“However Jacobellis sensationally put right her wrongs and won gold 16 years later in the 2022 Olympic games. Let’s hope it doesn’t take me 16 long years to get another decent result…or they might start mixing me up with my teammate!”
Aleix’s wave score: 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋