lol Yeah. It was stupid, but eh... Story. And feels. All of the feels. Free was seriously NOTHING like I was expecting it to be. I thought it would be a mostly fanservice anime with pretty animation. But nope. It rips your heart out.
I actually had guessed that he sucked in Australia, and that that was the reason he left. So..... I win. And I think him getting dropped from the relay was rational. The captain wants the team to win, and work together. But Rin clearly wasn't.