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Come discuss the 2008 Beijing Summer games with a couple of fanatics!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Bad Sportsmanship
Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian decided he deserved the gold medal instead of his bronze. After receiving his medal, he took it off and placed it on the middle of the wrestling mat. He has since been stripped of the medal (that technically he stripped off himself) and disqualified from the Beijing Olympics.
The IOC said that the Olympics does not allow any demonstrations and that they demand respoect for all Olympic athletes. Abrahamian broke both these rules of the Olympic charter and had to go.
The IOC claims, "Any disruption by any athlete, in particular a medalist, is in itself an insult to the other athletes and to the Olympic Movement. It is also contrary to the spirit of fair play."
Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian decided he deserved the gold medal instead of his bronze. After receiving his medal, he took it off and placed it on the middle of the wrestling mat. He has since been stripped of the medal (that technically he stripped off himself) and disqualified from the Beijing Olympics.
The IOC said that the Olympics does not allow any demonstrations and that they demand respoect for all Olympic athletes. Abrahamian broke both these rules of the Olympic charter and had to go.
The IOC claims, "Any disruption by any athlete, in particular a medalist, is in itself an insult to the other athletes and to the Olympic Movement. It is also contrary to the spirit of fair play."
