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Cuban taekwondo athlete kicks ref, gets lifetime ban [Olympics]
CBC Sports ^ | August 23, 2008 | CBC Sports

Posted on 08/23/2008 8:53:20 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Taekwondo athlete Angel Matos of Cuba received a lifetime ban after kicking the referee in the face following his disqualification in a bronze-medal match Saturday at the Beijing Games.


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TOPICS: Cuba; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: olympics
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1 posted on 08/23/2008 8:53:21 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

A disgrace. I wonder how the bosses back home will take it.


2 posted on 08/23/2008 8:55:15 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Abathar
A disgrace. I wonder how the bosses back home will take it.

Nowhere near as badly as they'll take his losing. I fear that an Olympic ban will be the least of his problems.

3 posted on 08/23/2008 8:57:46 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Barack Obama--the first black Jimmy Carter.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hook kick?


4 posted on 08/23/2008 8:58:14 AM PDT by shamusotoole
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To: Berlin_Freeper
lifetime ban? how about locking him up?

what a freaking bozo.

5 posted on 08/23/2008 8:58:27 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (when your bot, you're pwn3d)
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To: shamusotoole

one would hope so.


6 posted on 08/23/2008 8:58:50 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (when your bot, you're pwn3d)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Lol. At least he wasn’t ‘underage’.


7 posted on 08/23/2008 9:00:38 AM PDT by BGHater (Democracy is the road to socialism.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Gonzalez also alleged the match was fixed and accused the Kazakhstanis of offering him money.

Projecting?

8 posted on 08/23/2008 9:01:04 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

A lifetime ban! That means he won’t be able to compete until the 2012 Olympics.


9 posted on 08/23/2008 9:02:01 AM PDT by Krankor (N)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The Castro brothers have far more interest in sports than they do in the welfare of their people.

Angel Matos is going to be in a deep well of sh*t when he goes home.


10 posted on 08/23/2008 9:03:17 AM PDT by Artemis Webb ("The church is near, but the road is icy. The bar is far away, but I will walk carefully.")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

All he needs is a Cuban passport with a new name and he can compete. Just ask the Chinese gymnasts.


11 posted on 08/23/2008 9:04:06 AM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: shamusotoole

roundhouse

all the refs are former competitors, too, wonder how the ref will feel that he didn’t even raise his hand to block?


12 posted on 08/23/2008 9:11:27 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I don’t care what people say... that picture is awesome!!


13 posted on 08/23/2008 9:14:21 AM PDT by TV Dinners
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To: the invisib1e hand

yeah, anyone in the fighting sports who lays out a ref or hits an opponent after the fight needs to be locked up.


14 posted on 08/23/2008 9:15:41 AM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: shamusotoole
Looks more like a roundhouse kick using the arch of the foot.
No more free apartment for him.
15 posted on 08/23/2008 9:17:42 AM PDT by Polynikes (Yo, homie. Is that my briefcase?)
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To: RaceBannon

In the picture, it appears the ref was about half way to a block.


16 posted on 08/23/2008 9:23:40 AM PDT by wita (truthspeaks@freerepublic.com)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Angel Matos now can look forward to a life of harvesting sugar cane on the Castro brother's little island of "fun."

Matos might as well off himself to ease the pain.

17 posted on 08/23/2008 9:25:48 AM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I do not have a crystal ball, but I do not think the Cuban Government is going to throw Angel under the bus. On the contrary, they are probably good and mad and united behind him. National pride you know. He was bribed whether it is true or not. I tend to believe he was. These folks have become as crooked as the UN.


18 posted on 08/23/2008 9:28:48 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: shamusotoole

Lifetime ban kick.


19 posted on 08/23/2008 9:29:23 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Vote For McCain But Trust In The LORD.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The Olympics foster good sportsmanship and understanding.

The Easter Bunny brings me colored eggs.


20 posted on 08/23/2008 9:35:07 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Boycott Washington D.C. until they allow gun ownership)
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