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rubberdinghy Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 I wish it had been 20 years ago...I would have centred my life around it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kanada Kev Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_TAE_TAEKWONDO_DISPUTE?SITE=AP Cuban taekwondo athlete banned after kicking ref By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) -- A Cuban taekwondo athlete and his coach were banned for life after Angel Matos kicked the referee in the face following his bronze-medal match disqualification. Cuban coach Leudis Gonzalez offered no apology for Matos' actions during the men's over-80 kg (176 pounds) match. Matos was winning 3-2, with 1:02 in the second round, when he fell to the mat after being hit by his opponent, Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov. He was sitting there, awaiting medical attention, when he was disqualified for taking too much injury time. Fighters get one minute, and Matos was disqualified when his time ran out. Matos angrily questioned the call, pushed a judge, then pushed and kicked referee Chakir Chelbat of Sweden. Matos then spat on the floor and was escorted out. "He was too strict," Gonzalez said, referring to the decision to disqualify Matos. Afterward, he charged the match was fixed, accusing the Kazakhs of offering him money. "This is a strong violation of the spirit of taekwondo and the Olympic Games. The sanctions are the following and are effective immediately: Lifetime ban of the coach and athlete in all championships sanctioned by the (World Taekwondo Federation) and at the same time, all records of this athlete at the Beijing Games will immediately be erased," said the announcer, reading a WTF release. In his first match, Matos defeated Italy's Leonardo Basile, then beat China's Liu Xiaobo 2-1 in the quarterfinals. But he lost to South Korean Cha Dong-min in the semis to land in the bronze-medal match. "To me it was obvious he was unable to continue," Chilmanov said. "His toe on his left foot was broken." Matos won the gold medal in this division at the 2000 Sydney Games, dedicating the victory to his mother, who died on the day of the opening ceremony. At the 2004 Athens Games, he finished 11th. Matos' tantrum followed a day of confusion on the mats. Earlier Saturday, China's double gold medalist Chen Zhong crashed out in the quarterfinals after initially being declared the winner. It was the first time a match result had been overturned since taekwondo became an official Olympic sport in 1990. © 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kanada Kev Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 It's OVER! Phew. Entertaining for sure. Way to go Canada. Kickass Jimmmy Page Whole Lotta Love. Could have dealt with way more of that than the Chinese Pop See ya in London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Booche Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Two judges from the recent 2008 Olympics in Beijing have admitted that most of the time they haven’t the foggiest idea which of the athletes deserves the gold medal!Willing to speak only under condition of anonymity, Olympics gymnastics judge Peter Grigorio (a pseudonym), explains, “I can only describe the judges’ scoring sessions to be filled with chaos, shouting and confusion. We seldom agree on who’s best, and nine times out of ten, we choose the gold-medal winner simply by flipping a coin.â€Grigorio estimates that a good 95 percent of this summer’s gold medal winners were chosen either by a coin flip, the rock-paper-scissors game or by playing Eeny-Meenie-Miney-Moe. “And in almost every one of these cases, it could easily have gone to the second or third place finisher. After a while, we judges get so tired, hungry and horny, we just want to get it over with and go home.â€Aquatics judge Pamela Polopoulos (a pseudonym) adds, “Many times, during the scoring process, we judges will even pick up the phone and call our friends and relatives at home to ask who they think is best. My grandmother helped me choose the platform, springboard and synchronized diving gold medalists this year, even though she is legally blind.†Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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