Angry Swede throws down medal, quits
By ersmommy1
@ersmommy1 (12588)
United States
August 14, 2008 4:30pm CST
Abrahamian took the bronze from around his neck during the medal ceremony, stepped from the podium and dropped it in the middle of the wrestling mat then walked off.
“I don’t care about this medal. I wanted gold,”
Do you think this is just bad sportsmanship? Or is it political as he thinks?
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=reu-wrestling&prov=reuters&type=lgns
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6 responses
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
14 Aug 08
Yep, bad sportsmanship. What has the world come to? Winning any medal for your country is an honor!
Look at the first Jamacain bobsled team. They didn't place, but they were happy to finish the race, and happy to be there.
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@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
14 Aug 08
And they had a movie made from that experience. I agree completely!!
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@petiksmode (2983)
• Philippines
14 Aug 08
i am about to post the same discussion today hehehe...i would also to hear commenst from those who watched the event from what i have read i think it is politics but i am not sure yet...he is not a rookie he knows what he is doing so i dont think it is bad sportsmanship issue..he was a former silver medalist..
well i will look forward to see how others react...
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
25 Aug 08
I think he is just a sore loser. He had his mind set on that gold and when he didn't get it he felt that it was unexceptable to have anything else. He should have tooken his medal and been proud to get it. He is one stubborn man.
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
15 Aug 08
I think this is way out of line, and his medal should be revoked. He isn't thinking about the many people that were there that didn't get a medal at all. Even though it wasn't gold, this shows that he was in the top three of the world. This is an honor of itself, and its very bad sportsmanship to just drop it as if it were worth nothing. If it were me, it would just give me more incentive to work harder, and get the gold in four years.
@SHUGA81 (220)
• United States
15 Aug 08
I have so many words for this guy but I don't want to post a long comment. This man should be grateful that he was even invited to compete and represent his country. He had a medal. If it was me, I would gladly accept my bronze medal. He made himself look bad, his country look bad. His kids are going to see this and ask questions. It was his last olympic experience and he blew it. He is going to regret his actions later. Just wait.
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@MrRoyale (9)
• Canada
15 Aug 08
It wasn't that he wasn't grateful, he was just extremely upset that the officals gave the decision of the semifinal match that he thought he won to the Italian Andrea Minguzzi that "could" have given the Swede wrestler the chance of gold.
He was just mad at the officials which made him reject the bronze medal that he still ended up with.
And what do you mean grateful to be invited? This guy worked extremely hard just to qualify and he was truely one of the favorites to win the gold. And there's nothing for him to regret, he's quiting the sport of wrestling. Yes he might think about his actions but regretting? Doubt it.
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@DaddyOfTheRose (2934)
• United States
21 Aug 08
It is bad sportsmanship. If it is also political, that's something to consider if someone is being a good sport and raises a calm objection. Otherwise, I don't really care about this guy's point of view.
