Marites Is Now Going International

BBC has picked up the news about Carlos Yulo's bad blood with his mother. Their headline says: Double Gold medalist feud with mum threatens to eclipse historic win.

Who can blame the BBC for joining the bandwagon? For 5 days after the win ... social media focused more on the family feud drowning the celebrated twin gold victory in France.

The harm has been done. The victory could have been sweeter had colder heads intervened and doused water into the embers of controversy. After she said ... he said exchange of verbal jabs ... what good did it do when you wash your dirty linens in public ... and the public wanting to meddle so they can share the limelight?