But some of it was not...
Did you know that Ara Abrahamian, a Swedish wrestler was upset over a semifinal match he thought was badly judged and cost him the gold medal, Abrahamian receives his bronze medal during the ceremony and then promptly walks off, throwing his medal to the ground. The IOC took his medal, disqualified him, and handed it to the next guy in line.
And also Angel Valodia Matos, a Cuban tae kwon doer disgraced himself and his country when he kicked a referee in the face after a match filled with controversial calls. After he failed to apologize, Matos and his coach were banned for life from the Olympics.
And of course, the opening ceremony. Although it looked great, the opening ceremony took some heat when word got out that the little 9-year-old girl singing, Lin Miaoke, was actually lip-syncing a song by less cute 7-year-old Yang Peiyi, a decision that apparently made its way all the way up the political chain of command. Combined with computer-generated animation of fireworks, it prompted the obvious question: What kind of example are we setting for athletes when we’re cheating in the opening ceremonies?
1 comment(s):
love your new header and the pink is quite pleasing to look at
didn't quite follow the olympics but did read about Phelps and that girl singing switch fiasco, guess that's the beauty of the olympics or is that the ugliness of show business?
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