Spectators who attended the Greco-roman style wrestling competition at the Beijing Olympics became witnesses of an ugly incident when the Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian threw away his bronze medal.
The incident happened during the award ceremony for the Olympic medallists in the 84 kg wrestling category.
The Swedish wrester had been angry with the judge of his semi-final match with Andrea Minguzzi of Italy, who went on to the take gold, and had even refused to appear for the bronze final.
During the semi-final match Abrahamian had to be restrained by teammates as a row erupted with judges over their decision.
“I do not care about this medal; I wanted the goal,” stated the enraged wrestler.
After the award ceremony, Abrahamiyan publicly displayed his discontent and indignation by throwing his bronze medal on the ground, stepping from the podium and storming off.
The medal had been collected by a worker from the sports facility’s maintenance crew,
from: novinite.com
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