Damn, I would soooooooo hate to settle for the silver. The competitive streak in me always wants to win, so winning the gold is what it is all about. That includes any preperation necessary to get yourself motivated or try to screw with your competitions minds. Within the boundaries of fair play, trash talking is a technique. Some use it wisely, others do not.
However, she won a freakin silver medal in the olympics. How many people even make it that far to compete much less win a medal? Reminds me of some parent punishing their kid because the kid said “this class is easy” and “only” got an A instead of an A+.