Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian throws away medal in Olympic hissy fit

TelegraphUK ^ | August 14, 2008 | Andy Hooper

[Bushwacker777]

"Abrahamian threw down his 84kg greco-roman bronze in disgust after his shot at gold was ended by a decision denounced by the Swedish coach as "politics".

Abrahamian took the medal from around his neck during the medal ceremony, stepped from the podium and dropped it in the middle of the mat before storming off.

The Swedish wrestler had to be restrained by team-mates earlier as a row erupted with judges over the decision in a semi-final bout with Andrea Minguzzi of Italy, who went on to the take gold.

Abrhamian, who won silver at the Athens 2004 Games, shouted at the referee, then went over to confront judges, angrily throwing off the restraining arm of a team official."

[Cincinatus]

Well, I guess he can kiss the “Mr. Sportsmanship” award goodbye too.

[Devilinbaggypants]

Jon McEnroe meets the wrestling world maybe!

[Scythian]

What man would want to wrestle another man, to me, he lost way before the olympics ever started.

[Centurion2000]

MR Congeniality strikes again.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Abrahamian threw down his 84kg greco-roman bronze..."

I'd probably throw it down too....that's a pretty heavy medal to be carrying around.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Jesse Ventura in the Olympics ?

[KarlInOhio]

WWE expands into Greco-Roman 'rasslin.

[PGalt]

Lots of interesting comments at site. Thanks for posting.

[rightwingcrazy]

I was just thinking this guy has a promising future in professional wrestling.

[apocalypto]

That does not sound like a Swedish name. Maybe he is, but a number of nations have recruited people from other countries to boost their medals. Too bad.

[PrairieRoot]

“Abrahamian threw down his 84kg greco-roman bronze medal”

Jeez, if the bronze medal weighs almost 185 lbs, how much does the gold metal weigh?

[PrairieRoot]

metal = medal

[rjp2005]

It’s too bad Karelin retired.

[isrul]

Sounds like prime candidate for that Friday Night Smackdown show.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Yeah, this flies in the face to the article here on Freerepublic yesterday saying that the American women’s gymnastics team were “ Uptight “ with frozen faces compared to the Chinese team.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Make Medal throwing a sport, John Kerry can bring home the gold.

[HAL9000]

That does not sound like a Swedish name.

Likewise for Tor Johnson.

[al_c]

Y’all do realize that those are wrestling class weights? IN other words ... the wrestlers themselves.

[Dagnabitt]

Been to Malmö lately?

Sweden has wide-open borders and very high immigration rates. Sharia law there within two generations.

[claymax]

LOL, I was thinking it was the “build-up” to another Pay per view event. /sarc

[martin_fierro]

PWN3D

[RobRoy]

Are the olympics going on right now?

Who knew!

I love not having TV... ;)

[MattinNJ]

Sweden is slowly being overrun by muslims. Vast sections of Maalmo are “no go” zones now.

[r9etb]

What man would want to wrestle another man, to me, he lost way before the olympics ever started.

With a comment like that, one might almost think you're struggling with latent urges...

[Tzimisce]

I can’t blame this guy. I’ve been there.

It sucks when you did better than your opponent, but your opponent wins anyway because the judges suck.

I think most of us have had that happen at least once in our lives and it’s never a good feeling.

[Philo-Junius]

Abrahamian is an Armenian name. His presence on the Swedish team is indeed a product of supine Swedish immigration/refugee policy, but he is not Muslim.

[PrairieRoot]

Yeah, we know, it’s just that pointing out the way articles sometime read is a regular occurence on FR.

[Skooz]

If this sort of thing happened all the time I might actually watch the Olympics.

[mass55th]

"That does not sound like a Swedish name."

It's not. He was born in Armenia.

[rfp1234]

Did he really throw the medal? Was it his own medal or someone else's? Did he keep the medal and just throw the ribbon?

[Texas Songwriter]

roid rage

[MattinNJ]

Thank you for the correction. Glad I did not call an Armenian a Turk in a face to face conversation.

[airborne]

“I kill you!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MugQDD2FcKQ

[BlazingArizona]

Sweden has wide-open borders and very high immigration rates. Sharia law there within two generations.

Reality check, folks: Armenia is a Christian nation.

[openguy9]

Sure, names aren’t everything. Take “Barack Hussein Obama”, A devout christian name.