Don't you think the wrestler Abrahamian should get gold now that it's determined the judges were wrong?

Question

Why are the Olympics not either giving his bronze back after stripping it unfairly, since they can only strip if he cheated or did a political demonstration per the Olympic rules or they should even give him the gold since they have now ruled in his favor after reviewing the obvious bad calls the judges had made. Isn't this going to tarnish the whole Olympics to see this injustice?

Answer 1

He should get nothing. Poor sprtsmanship should never be rewarded.  

Answer 2

I haven't heard anything of this new ruling by the IOC. Could you provide a link?

I still don't think he should have his bronze medal back. He had a shot of making a legit claim but forfeited that with his tantrums. I think it was absolutely correct by the IOC to stand by the spirit and integrity of the Olympic games!

Edit. Thanks for the link! I am still not certain whether the CAS ruled that the decision was bad or if they just thought that the appeal process should be improved.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing...

"But in the end, he only wanted CAS to verify that the lack of an immediate appeals process is a loophole that needs to be fixed."

"“We limit ourselves to ruling that FILA must, consistently with the (Olympic) Charter and general principles of fairness, establish for the future a jury of appeal to determine the validity or otherwise of complaints of the kind ventilated by (Abrahamian),” the judges wrote."

Edit 2. Thanks for the info Emiller1998. If he would have filed a protest after the match and had it been successful wouldn't he have been granted the victory or a re-match, as the case was with that Taekwando match?

Answer 3

Injustice is a hallmark of the olympics.

i remember a swimmer back in 1972 that was stripped of his medal owing to his asthma medication that he was taking that had been OK'ed, then later rescinded, as they said it gave him an "unfair advantage".

At the very least, you return the bronze and restore Ara's credibility. The man was right

Answer 4

no because true gold medal athletes are gracious in supposed defeat. they are role models for kids

it's like this. suppose you are in contention for a job and you do well at your interview until you learn that your test score was mistakenly determined to be lower than another candidate's. you rant and rave all in the interviewers face and point out the mistake. they now clearly see you are right. think they should still hire you?

olympics is about ideals. you arent entitled to anything. if you win gold they can still strip it years later for doping. why can't they strip if for what they determine to be egregiously unsportsmanlike conduct?

you call having to be restrained from charging at officials like a maniac being gracious?

Answer 5

He should sue.  Seriously.  The IOC knows this will all go away after the games have ended and everybody has gone home.  They just want to save face and don't really care about fairness.  It seems cruel to take the gold medal away, but the Swedish guy and the Cuban taekwondo guy should just sue the IOC because otherwise the IOC has no motivation to clean up the games or to hire competent officials.    

Answer 6

That's twice he has been screwed by blown calls in the Olympics.  However since there is no do over I'm not sure what they can do.

They should at least give him his bronze medal back and let him beat the ref and IOC people with it until he feels better though.

Anders - They told him he couldn't file a protest which is why he was so mad in the 1st place.

Answer 7

Abrahamian was cheated as the world is finally coming to realize. So in truth the bronze is not his medal anyway. I take issue with the media, including yahoo who simply posted immediate articles about a wrestler throwing down his medal. Pure hype that apparently people are still believing. THINK PEOPLE. RESEARCH, PULL YOUR HEAD OUT.   When the story first came out did you Notice how most of the stories were saying that he "throws down his medal"  Again, this paints a different picture then the actual truth, which is,  he layed down the medal, waved and walked off.  But again that is the stupid, friggin, hype driven media that apparently gets most people to react without using critical thinking skills.  Now the media is toning it down and saying "the athlete who dropped his medal" but based on other responses YOU WOULD RATHER NOT USE YOUR BRAIN AND QUESTION. MOST  JUST BELIEVED THE HYPE.  This was journalism at it's worst as the vast majority of the articles did nothing to research why this athlete was so upset.   And even worst was the idiots who posted that he was being a cry baby.  And throwing a tantrum....WELL NEXT TIME YOU GET ROBBED OR CHEATED be sure to keep your mouth shut and take it in the a s s.  Oh and just be grateful...  SUCH BULLSHIT!  There is already enough p us ssies in the world who are afraid to speak up for themselves.  Thank God this athlete has courage. ALSO this event  shows you how easily people are influenced by media headlines without using their brain to question what exactly happened and demand to see the footage of why this athlete layed down his medal.

I wish Bob Costas would have asked the olympic committee's president what is going to happen in this case.  That would have been great to put him on the spot and also expose that the referee who made the Fu#Ked up call is is the cousin of the olympic committee president. DID YOU PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE SWISS OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT AND THE REFEREE WHO MADE THE SUSPCIOUS CALL ARE COUSINS? AND NOTE:  The olympic committee president is from switzerland.  Well after abrahamian was robbed, the italian went on to face the wrestler from switzerland.   This wrestler from switzerland is the same guy that Abrahamian had faced and demolished before.   So switzerland didn't want to face Abrahamian and go figure, a very bad call and switzerland now gets to face italy and not Abrahamian.  HMMMMM? .....   WELL fu** that!   Roll the mats back out boys and Abrahamian faces the swiss wrestler for the GOLD.  And the italian has to wrestle for the bronze.   THIS WOULD BE FAIR.

AND FU*K THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, it is all politics and bias. Watch the interview of Bob Costas and the olympic committee president who says that his favorite part of the olympic was watching Roger Federer ( his fellow swiss countryman) getting the gold and having tears in his eyes.  OF COURSE THERE IS COUNTRY BIAS by this olympic president but there should also be unemployment for his sorry a s s !!!

He also says there is no money in winning a gold.   Don't believe that hype either.  Many countries offer their athletes money if they win a medal... Also, there is big money for endorsements, even if you are from the most obscure country... corporations still want to associate with medal winners.  I encourage all to investigate and question before just believing the hype.  Other than that,  I continue to lose faith in humanity one person at a time.    ALL ATHLETES AND OLYMPIC FANS SHOULD NOT SETTLE UNTIL ABRAHAMIAN GETS HIS FAIR SHOT FOR THE GOLD AND THE ITALIAN TURNS HIS GOLD BACK IN AND RIGHTLY WRESTLES FOR THE BRONZE.   PROTEST INJUSTICE EVERY CHANCE YOU GET.   And reasearch bigger issues effecting the world.  9-11 controlled demolitions,  illegal israeli land grabs and genocide against palestinians and talmud teaching,  project for a new american century,  religion:  god has favorites?  

you tube link to zeitgeist the movie. talks about religion, 9-11, and money.  part 1 starts here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzciu8Hvf...

you must discover truth for yourself and naturally exercise the courage to think and question.

Also, people keep inquiring about if they willl give him his medal back..   What?   Bronze was never his medal !!!  Without the bad call, he moves on to the gold medal match, so GOLD OR SILVER is rightlfully his.  ANd judging how he dominated the swiss wrestler before, then he would have taken the gold.    THINK THESE THINGS THROUGH PEOPLE  AND FIGHT FOR JUSTICE ON ALL LEVELS.

Answer 8

The ruling was that he has a right to throw it not because the judges were not right.