This is the reality we live in. A reality where kids can grow up to be whoever they want and whatever they want to be. Doctors, lawyers, Olympic competitors.

They have parents who have poured their blood, sweat and tears to get them training on the ski hills of their hometowns to represent the U.S.A. But what does our generation of entitlement do? They denounce the President, boycott opening ceremonies because they were not chosen to represent and now, refuse to compete because there is no chance of them winning a gold medal!

Yep. Lindsey Vonn, Ted Ligety, and Mikaela Shiffrin have refused to participate in a team event scheduled for the last day of Olympic competition because — as Vonn reportedly put it — there was no chance the team was going to medal.

Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin withdrew from the downhill competition on Monday after the women’s Olympic Alpine combined was moved up to Thursday because of weather.

Is it me or do most of the US Olympic skiers come across as spoiled rich kids?

— Mr. Forma (@JForma) February 12, 2018

Between the likes of Adam Rippon and Lindsay Vonn, I'd say this year is the year of the Children's Olympics. When the U.S. team made the games about Trump, I made the games about not watching. No one asked me to watch and no one invited these spoiled kids to the WH. https://t.co/P5CEQh5Nll

— T0m Ph1ll1p$ (@BareDownCB) February 14, 2018

.@lindseyvonn and others are missing the point.. To honorably participate in the Olympics has nothing to do with what medal you win, nor is it a place for political views.. Olympians are there to represent the U.S. as ambassadors of peace and good will.. https://t.co/jNhRmVevNb

— Jeremy Gibson (@jeremygibson54) February 19, 2018

Then again, Lindsey Vonn did not want to represent anyway so who’s really surprised here?

“Well, I hope to represent the people of the United States, not the president. I take the Olympics very seriously and what they mean and what they represent, what walking under our flag means in the opening ceremony. I want to represent our country well. I don’t think that there are a lot of people currently in our government that do that.” –Lindsay Vonn in an interview with CNN on December 7, 2017.

Representing your country well, Lindsey, is competing despite the slim chances of taking home a gold, a silver or even a bronze. Representing your country well means good sportsmanship and a “show must go on” attitude. Heck, I’ll give the North Koreans kudos where credit is due. I don’t see any happy cheerleaders whining about living in a dictatorship. They’re smiling and cheering while people in their country are starving dying and you, Ms. Vonn are pulling out of a game because there is no chance of you winning? Really? And for all of the empowerment and inspiration people like to say you give to young women, this is your motto? “If you can’t get gold, don’t even bother”. Wow.

Perhaps you could stand to draw some inspiration from our neighbors in Mexico:

The true meaning of the Olympics and a true show of humanity from the other skiers! Olympic skier from Mexico crossed finish line last, greeted like a champion https://t.co/tZHUoyibhG

— Kathleen Ott (@erimegsmom) February 17, 2018

Or from Vanessa-Mae:

Vanessa-Mae didn’t finish last, she beat 22 Olympic Giant Slalom skiers who crashed. She finished 67 out of 89.🎿🎻 ➔https://t.co/712aIH79QM

— Stefan Hunter (@StefanPopArt) April 2, 2016

Here’s the deal. They did not come in first, second or even close to third but they finished. And they represented their countries with pride despite this. They did not throw in the towel and say “I’m not competing because I’m not going to win”. That’s what freaking five year-olds do. Well, Lindsey. No love lost and no hard feelings, right? You didn’t want to make that visit to the White House anyway. I guess you showed that Mr. Trump, didn’t you?