Judo gold medalist Elnur Mammadli of Azerbaijan should be our ultimate Olympic idol. Why? Because he did everything we have been monitoring in this blog, you know, the grand old traditions of Olympic medal biting, Olympic flag waving, and Olympic arms raising. He is our three-in-one gold medalist. Go Elnur! By the way, for those [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Flag Waving’
Olympic Results: Steeve Guenot Bags Gold Medal for France
Aha, another flag waver. Steeve Guenot, like the Georgian flag waver I blogged about earlier, certainly earned the right to wave his country’s flag [or mini-flags in this instance]. Steeve (did the civil registrar misspell his name when they had him registered?) won the gold medal in Greco-Roman Wrestling [66 kg.] making French President Nicholas [...]
Manuchar Kvirkvelia Waves Flag for Georgia
His country may be at war with Russia but this did not prevent Manuchar Kvirkvelia from emerging as the Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling (74 kg). Bad Uncle Vladimir might not be happy with your flag-waving but he can’t do anything about it. Photo source: getty images via beijing 2008
