Olympic Wrestler, who threw away bronze, was Right!

[Chris_]

It turns out that the Greco-Roman wrestler who was stripped of his bronze medal for dropping it in disgust on the mat had reason for being angry, according to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/wrestling/news?slug=ap-wre-abrahamian&prov=ap&type=lgns

I'm rather cynical at times, over the Olympic judges... but this one is one of those events that really just tops it off.

[Chris_]

The Olympics are a waste of time and effort.

Do you really think there is a single American household that will eat Wheaties because Phelps says he eats them?  His ability to hold form in liquid doesn't change the inability of Wheaties to do the same.

Look how the Chinese cheated and got away with it, how young American lives are sacrificed on the altar of "the Olympic Dream" (aka Child Abuse in the 3rd degree).

And for what?  After they are done with the olympics, they have no life.  Already, track & field athletes don't get any press at all -- we have (properly) turned our back on them. Marion Jones put the last nail in the coffin of that entire sport.

Great, the redeem team decided we will once again put together the best basketball team from professionals.  They will probably not do that again for quite some time.

This isn't about "American Pride"  It is about "Stupid Sport."

The Cuban dude who knocked out the tai-kwan-do ref repesents the true spirit of the modern olympics.