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Who was the Swedish athlete who dropped the medal and left cause he did not agree with the judges?

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Can you also tell me why was he so upset and not agreeing with the judges? and what was the sanction for such childish behavior?

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  1. Ara Abrahamian he is a wrestler and he put his bronze medal down after a disputed loss

    Following a loss in the semi finals of the Greco-Roman 84 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics to the eventual winner Andrea Minguzzi of Italy, he and the Swedish coach Leo Mylläri disputed the judges' ruling and Abrahamian had to be restrained by teammates. Mylläri accused the judges of being corrupt, because they initially awarded Abrahamian a point, but after the round assigned the point and the match to Minguzzi, because Abrahamian had his hand in the blue zone, which is normally not penalized (his opponent had almost his whole body in the blue zone earlier [5]). The referees refused to review the recording of the incidents.[6]

    Abrahamian returned to the event to compete in the resulting bronze bout and won, but in protest at the officiating dropped the bronze medal on the floor during the medal award ceremony.[7][8] Abrahamian complained about the "corrupt judging" in his semifinal bout and declared that he was retiring from the sport saying, "This will be my last match" and "I don't care about this medal. I wanted gold." Abrahamian also angrily claimed that the judges had been bribed, and that the judge is a cousin of the President of FILA, the governing body of wrestling.[9]


  2. He wins the Gold in the Competitive Crybaby Competition

  3. Ara Abrahamian

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