Charlotte Caslick reportedly deletes nightclub photo after Aussie sevens heartbreak at Olympics
The rugby sevens captain and her teammates were left devastated to miss out on a medal in Paris.
Australian rugby sevens star Charlotte Caslick has reportedly deleted a photo she posted to social media in the wake of her side's devastating medal miss at the Paris Olympics. The Aussie women's sevens team won gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and have entered the last two Games as the favourites.
But for the second-straight Olympics they've walked away without a medal. The Aussies were left absolutely devastated this week when they lost their semi-final, and then went down in the bronze medal match as well.
But the situation has taken a strange turn after captain Caslick reportedly posted a photo to social media showing her partying it up in a nightclub in Paris - only to delete it later. The photo in question shows Caslick posing for a photo with five male companions, with the caption: "4th on it but always 1st off it." The caption was seemingly a reference to the fact the women's sevens team came fourth.
According to The Daily Mail, Caslick deleted the photo a short time after it went live. It's not known why Caslick deleted the photo, but many felt it was a bad look considering how devastated her teammates were to miss a medal. Athletes can be forgiven for letting their hair down after an Olympics campaign, but the sight of Caslick seemingly celebrating didn't go down too well.
Charlotte Caslick and Aussie sevens team left heartbroken
"I'm pretty gutted," she said after Australia's loss in the bronze medal match. "It's the beauty of sevens and sport - that's why we play it. It's a game of moments and there's probably a few things we would have loved to do differently, but we can't take that back. It sucks, obviously. We want to come home with a medal, we're the ones that train every day to have this feeling."
Coach Tim Walsh insisted there were no regrets, describing it as "cruel" to label fourth place a failure. "Triumph and disaster," he said. "They are both impostors and you have to treat them the same way."
Australia led 12-0 against Canada in the semis, but went down 21-12 in hot and humid conditions. It relegated the shell-shocked Aussie side to a battle for bronze with USA less than three hours later.
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Australia again scored first before conceding a try, and at 7-7 were left hammering the USA line in the final 90 seconds. A try - Maddison Levi's second and an Olympic record 14th for the tournament - appeared to have sealed a consolation medal for the Aussies.
But Alex Sedrick shrugged a tackle and ran 85 metres, converting her own try to spark wild scenes and mount more misery on Walsh's side. USA had also beaten Australia in the pool stage at the 2021 Games in Tokyo, and Caslick's side also missed the medals there when shocked by Fiji in the quarter-final stage.
with AAP
