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Kasawa Lanford:
*points a few replies above Dreams* it was posted already ^_^;;

Dreams00:
LOL, didn't see that one. My sis lives in CA. She told me over the phone.

Michael Phelps is my fav :D. The 100m Butterfly had me going.

Arcademan:
Total Medals as of 8-22-08 7 am EDT...
Rank- Country: Gold- Silver- Bronze= Total
1 United States 30 36 35 101
2 China 46 15 23 84
3 Russia 16 16 22 54
4t Britain 18 12 11 41
4t Australia 11 14 16 41
6 Germany 13 9 13 35
7 France 5 13 16 34
8 South Korea 11 10 6 27
9 Italy 7 8 10 25
10 Japan 9 6 9 24
11 Ukraine 5 4 9 18
12t Canada 3 8 6 17
12t Cuba 2 6 9 17
14t Netherlands 6 5 4 15
14t Belarus 4 3 8 15
16 Spain 4 6 2 12
17t Kazakhstan 1 4 5 10
17t Brazil 1 3 6 10
19t Jamaica 5 3 1 9
19t New Zealand 3 1 5 9
21t Romania 4 1 3 8
21t Poland 3 4 1 8
21t Kenya 2 4 2 8
21t Hungary 1 5 2 8
25t Denmark 2 2 3 7
25t Norway 1 4 2 7
25t Turkey 1 3 3 7
25t Azerbaijan 1 2 4 7
29t Czech Republic 3 3 0 6
29t Slovakia 3 2 1 6
29t Georgia 3 0 3 6
29t North Korea 2 1 3 6
29t Uzbekistan 1 2 3 6
29t Armenia 0 0 6 6
35t Switzerland 2 0 3 5
35t Slovenia 1 2 2 5
35t Bulgaria 1 1 3 5
35t Indonesia 1 1 3 5
35t Sweden 0 4 1 5
35t Lithuania 0 2 3 5
41t Zimbabwe 1 3 0 4
41t Argentina 1 0 3 4
41t Croatia 0 1 3 4
41t Chinese Taipei 0 0 4 4
45t Ethiopia 2 1 0 3
45t Finland 1 1 1 3
45t India 1 0 2 3
45t Austria 0 1 2 3
45t Greece 0 1 2 3
50t Estonia 1 1 0 2
50t Mongolia 1 1 0 2
50t Portugal 1 1 0 2
50t Thailand 1 1 0 2
50t Iran 1 0 1 2
50t Latvia 1 0 1 2
50t Mexico 1 0 1 2
50t Algeria 0 1 1 2
50t Colombia 0 1 1 2
50t Kyrgyzstan 0 1 1 2
50t Serbia 0 1 1 2
50t Tajikistan 0 1 1 2
50t Ireland 0 0 2 2
63t Bahrain 1 0 0 1
63t Cameroon 1 0 0 1
63t Panama 1 0 0 1
63t Tunisia 1 0 0 1
63t Chile 0 1 0 1
63t Dominican Republic 0 1 0 1
63t Ecuador 0 1 0 1
63t Malaysia 0 1 0 1
63t Singapore 0 1 0 1
63t South Africa 0 1 0 1
63t Trinidad and Tobago 0 1 0 1
63t Vietnam 0 1 0 1
63t Afghanistan 0 0 1 1
63t Bahamas 0 0 1 1
63t Egypt 0 0 1 1
63t Israel 0 0 1 1
63t Mauritius 0 0 1 1
63t Moldova 0 0 1 1
63t Morocco 0 0 1 1
63t Togo 0 0 1 1
63t Venezuela 0 0 1 1

Arcademan:

Cuban athlete and his coach are now banned for life

BEIJING (AP)—A Cuban taekwondo athlete and his coach were banned for life after Angel Matos kicked the referee in the face following his bronze-medal match disqualification.

Cuban coach Leudis Gonzalez offered no apology for Matos’ actions during the men’s over-80 kg (176 pounds) match.

Matos was winning 3-2, with 1:02 in the second round, when he fell to the mat after being hit by his opponent, Kazakhstan’s Arman Chilmanov. He was sitting there, awaiting medical attention, when he was disqualified for taking too much injury time. Fighters get one minute, and Matos was disqualified when his time ran out.

Matos angrily questioned the call, pushed a judge, then pushed and kicked referee Chakir Chelbat of Sweden. Matos then spat on the floor and was escorted out.

“He was too strict,” Gonzalez said, referring to the decision to disqualify Matos. Afterward, he charged the match was fixed, accusing the Kazakhs of offering him money.

“This is a strong violation of the spirit of taekwondo and the Olympic Games. The sanctions are the following and are effective immediately: Lifetime ban of the coach and athlete in all championships sanctioned by the (World Taekwondo Federation) and at the same time, all records of this athlete at the Beijing Games will immediately be erased,” said the announcer, reading a WTF release.

In his first match, Matos defeated Italy’s Leonardo Basile, then beat China’s Liu Xiaobo 2-1 in the quarterfinals. But he lost to South Korean Cha Dong-min in the semis to land in the bronze-medal match.

“To me it was obvious he was unable to continue,” Chilmanov said. “His toe on his left foot was broken.”

Kasawa Lanford:

--- Quote ---“His toe on his left foot was broken.”
--- End quote ---

Being a master of martial arts myself, this is a BS call.  ::)

I've been tournaments where I've broken my hand due to a bad punch, or even my arm - and that never stopped me continueing on to win (though I no longer train due to physical issues, not stemming that though)

However, in my opinion, the call was stupid - after all the man was awaiting for a medic who SHOULD HAVE been there in seconds of it being announced! (the Olympics usually have more than enough medics to respond to calls in seconds..) so yea.. I'm of the opinion that the match might've been fixed.

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