Swedish Wrestler throws his medal in disqust.

[Maniac]

 

Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian throws his bronze medal in disqust after being wrongly disqualified. He gets backing from big names within wrestling saying the judges appointed from FILA is corrupt and has been so for many years.

[narsus]

I just read about this, takes a big man to put down a medal.

[Ripsnort]

I just read about this, takes a big man to put down a medal.

It takes a bigger man to pick it back up and publically apologize.  Being invited to the Olympics is an honor, not a right.

[Maniac]

It takes a bigger man to pick it back up and publically apologize.  Being invited to the Olympics is an honor, not a right.

Uh?

Dude, he gets support from the entire Wrestling community, even other judges support his decision to do this.

And noone gets invited to an Olympic game, you earn the right.

[Ripsnort]

Uh?

Dude, he gets support from the entire Wrestling community, even other judges support his decision to do this.

And noone gets invited to an Olympic game, you earn the right.

You have to be invited. There is no "right".  My guess is he won't be asked back to participate.

[Maniac]

You have to be invited. There is no "right".  My guess is he won't be asked back to participate.

Each country chooses who to send, each participant that has been sent to the Olympics has earned their right to be there. My guess is that he dont care one bit if he dont get to participate in another Olympics.

[Skuzzy]

I think Rip is referring to the invitation to participate in the Olympics each country gets, from the Olympic committee.  Those are not earned.

[Maniac]

We have no idea what Rip is reffering to. Ara is a class act for standing up to Corruption.

[Skuzzy]

Each country participating in the Olympics was invited to do so.  Nothing was earned.

Each member of a country certainly earned a spot on thier Olympic team, but to be at the Olympics is due to being invited there.

I am not familiar with the details of what happened here and am not making any statements about the particular event.

[Maniac]

Please do not try to sidetrack my thread.

Ill post this again if you didnt catch it : Each country chooses who to send, each participant that has been sent to the Olympics has earned their right to be there. My guess is that he dont care one bit if he dont get to participate in another Olympics.

[Yeager]

he gets support from the entire Wrestling community

I would get Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant to go in there spec ops like and throw them judges around some.

[whiteman]

You have to be invited. There is no "right".  My guess is he won't be asked back to participate.

and my guess is he would tell them where to shove their invite if they did ask him. You want change, sometimes you need to make a statement, plus he's not the only person to do something like. U.S.A. basketball team refused to accept their medals in 1972.

[Maniac]

I would get Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant to go in there spec ops like and throw them judges around some.

Well if you saw the match, he almost strangled the judge who were laughing in his face after the disqualification.

[Nilsen]

If it was a lack of self control and anger management i dont like it. Im guessing though that it took some time from him winning the medal to the time he recieved it so he should have had time to reflect. If the latter is the case and they indeed are corrupt i support him.

[Maniac]

If it was a lack of self control and anger management i dont like it. Im guessing though that it took some time from him winning the medal to the time he recieved it so he should have had time to reflect. If the latter is the case and they indeed are corrupt i support him.

He had time to reflect. He even did one more match after the incident, where he won the bronze medal in a 2-0 win.