Unsporstmanlike
The Iranian world judo champion has pulled out of the Olympics because he refuses to fight an Israeli. If he's going to be like that, then I say good riddance to him. (Someone else should have carried the flag, though, if you ask me.)North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremonies. Greece and Cyprus put aside their differences and cheered loudly for one another. But a world champion, who spends countless hours training for something in which he was favored to win a gold medal, won't recognize a country that's been in existence for more than half a century.
Sure, every country has incredible pride when it sends athletes to the Olympics. But when it comes down to it, the games are about athletics and competing and being the best athlete possible. If politics and vendettas get in the way to the point that someone will give up years of training and a possible gold medal, then something is wrong.
Posted by Layla at 11:04 PM, August 13, 2004
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