Is Swedish Ara Abrahamian a sore loser or did the judges rob him of a medal better than bronze? From reuters:
Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian threw down his Olympic bronze medal in protest on Thursday after his bid for greco-roman gold was ended by a decision denounced by the Swedish coach as “politics”.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,” he said.
I don’t know whether or not to feel bad for Ara but I do know that he has created a practice, the art of medal dumping, which this blog will be monitoring in the future. We will be adding it to the art of medal kissing, medal biting, arms waving, and other Olympic traditions.
