Chapter 55: Athlete

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Eren POV:

Barely being able to hold myself on my own feet, I look around at everyone

The huge stands lifting hundreds of feet into the air

The blinding lights beeming onto us

The dark night's sky, slightly illuminated by the moon and the stars

The warm breath that comes out of each person's mouth in the cold air

The fact I'm standing here, on top

The focal point of the podium

Number 1

I stand above all of these people as the best crusierweight amateur between the age of 18 and 24

Me, Eren Jaeger

I've single handedly taken Paradis from 7th to 5th in the full Olympic Rankings with this gold medal

...

The crowd cheers, chanting my name and taking photos

The Official comes around with our medals

He hangs the bronze over another man's neck- HA stinky loser

He walks up to Carles, giving him silver- fucking noobie noob

And then, he walks to me

I duck down to allow him to hang the gold around my neck

He steps onto his tip toes and hangs the red fabric around my neck

The golden circle embroided with the Olympic rings, a pair of boxing gloves and a huge number '1' on the front and 'EREN JAEGER- CRUISERWEIGHT GOLD MEDALIST- PARADIS- 2018' on the back

I stand up and feel its weight

Its probably around 4 or 5lbs heavy and is really thick

I've done it

Me, I'm the best

Announcer: "Our winner... EREN 'THE WARHAMMER' JAEGERRRRERRRRRRRR!"

The cheers nearly break my ears as I kiss the gold medal, take it off and hold it into the air in celebration

The next morning:

Head coach: "We have a problem" (he says in extreme stress)

Athlete 1: "What is it?"

Head coach: "One of our triathletes have twisted their ankle, they can't compete, we need a replacement. Preferrably a cardio based sport" (he says wearily)

Sprint Coach: "That takes us out"

Long Distance coach: "My people are running at the same time as you"

Head coach: "Well I can't have a fucking shot putter doing a triathlon can I?"

Rugby coach: "We can't but what about the football (soccer) players?" (He suggests)

Head coach: "They're all too big time for us apparently. Their individual teams won't allow it" (he now sounds pissed off)

Levi (Olympic boxing coach): "Well that only leaves us doesn't it?"

Head coach: "Grice, are you up for it?"

Falco: "I can't swim"

Head coach: "Williams?"

Williams: "I can't ride a bike with my knee how it is"

Levi: "All the female boxers are fighting whilst the triathlon is going on as well"

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