Olympics-Boxing-Briton Whittaker bemoans silver, holds podium protest at himself

FILE PHOTO: Olympics - Boxing - Team GB Tokyo 2020 Kitting Out - The National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, Britain - June 21, 2021 Britain's Ben Whittaker poses for a photo. Picture taken June 21, 2021. REUTERS/Molly Darlington

TOKYO (Reuters) - Podium protests are rare at the Olympic Games, but few are less likely than an athlete protesting against himself.

British boxer Ben Whittaker was so disappointed by his silver medal in the light-heavyweight final on Wednesday that he refused to put it on, fearing it might make him look like a loser to his countrymen back home.