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Photo: The wrong way to 'work the refs'

Sat, 08/23/2008 - 6:50pm
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Angel Valodia Matos (L-red) of Cuba lands a kick on the referee Chakir Chelbat (R) of Sweden after he lost his bronze medal contest in the men's +80 kg taekwondo competition against Arman Chilmanov of Kazakhstan during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 23, 2008.

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To be fair...

by kidzib on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 7:09am
...he didn't kick him because he lost the bronze; he kicked him because the guy disqualified him for standing up literally one second longer than is permitted by the rules, leading to instant disqualification. Matos displayed an incredible lack of sportsmanship, but I can at least kind of understand his anger and frustration with the ref's call...

Fair?

by jgarzik on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 8:36am

It's a good thing this was not a rifle competition, then... Physical assault by someone trained in combat is more than just poor sportsmanship.