“I’m sure people will be bringing this up for years, saying that, you know, ‘You won that race,’” Cavic said. “Well, this is just what the results showed. This is what the electronic board showed. I kind of have mixed emotions about it. This could be kind of a good thing. If I lost by a tenth of a second or two-tenths of a second, I could probably be a lot cooler about this. But with a hundredth of a second, I’ll have a whole lot more people saying, ‘You really won that race.’
Serbia’s Milorad Cavic
During the medal ceremony, the Armenian-born Abrahamian—who also lost a 2004 Olympic semifinal match on a disputed call—took the bronze from around his neck and, angrily, dropped it on the mat as he walked away. He did not take part in the rest of the medal ceremony.
"I never got invited. You don't go to the Olympics just to say, I am going to go. Especially because of who I am....I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not almost—it is."[32] Spitz also says he could have won 8 gold medals if given the chance. "I won seven events. If they had the 50m freestyle back then, which they do now, I probably would have won that too," he said. And Spitz thinks Phelps will succeed, "he's almost identical to me.
Showing posts with label olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label olympics. Show all posts
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
How do you say "Oy vay, what a putz!" in Farsi?
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| Iran swimmer avoids Israeli pool showdown in Beijing | |
"Alirezaei swims in lane one and the representative of the Zionist regime (Israel) in lane seven, so they will not face each other," INOC secretary Ali Kafashian told ISNA news agency prior to the race. Several other media reports stated Alirezaei had been ordered by Iranian authorities to withdraw from the competition to avoid swimming against Israeli swimmer Tom Be'eri.
How the Iranian press is selling the story:
The 100-meter breaststroke swimmer was carried to a hospital in Beijing, according to the Iranian Swimming Federation officials.
Wow! What a busy day for a guy who won his biggest gold medal at the Asian Indoor Games!
Wait, Aren't the Asian Indoor Games the ones that include video games and "Dragon and Lion dance"( a game so popular there is no entry for it on Wikipedia)?
Let's look at these games.....
Sports
A total of 15 sports is scheduled to be competed in this edition of the Indoor Asiad. [2] The following is a list of the sports and the number of the designated events in parentheses.
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Cue sports? Sepak Tekraw ?
Speaking of Sepak Tekraw....
Ngyuen Thi Buch Thuy: 'Just Give Me The Damn Sepak Takraw Ball'
What'll they think of next? Car Skating?
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Let the games begin.
A Chinese man attacked two American tourists on the opening
day of the Olympic Games, killing one of them before
committing suicide, Beijing authorities said, according to
The Associated Press.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
day of the Olympic Games, killing one of them before
committing suicide, Beijing authorities said, according to
The Associated Press.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
Sunday, May 18, 2008
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