Cuban taekwondo athlete banned after kicking ref

[ttcom]

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/taekwondo/news?slug=ap-tae-taekwondo-dispute&prov=ap&type=lgns

[WestCoast]

man, dese athletes gettin on bad dis year

[Dutty]

wow dais real assness


Ah guess all dat setta 'discipline' martial arts supposed to teach...doh wukk for some people

[Bakes]

Was watching the vid on NBC's site today.  I doh agree with it, but ah kinda understand the frustration.  De man try and kick wid he left foot (they barefooted) and at de same time his opponent raise he right knee to block and kick.  De Cuban fella big toe hit de other fella right below de knee and break... and he siddung on de mat to receive treatment.  The ref stood there while ah clock was counting down... apparently the rules say yuh only have ah minute or so to get treatment... lol

De opponent was even pointing out to the ref that he think de fella toe break... de ref eh care nah, he disqualified de Cuban fella.  Cuban get up and try tuh argue he case...when dat eh wuk he fire one kick tuh face 

Ah shouldn't laff but... dat was facked up...if he fet ban he cyah complain, under all long talk.


They still have to meet before making a decision on the ban

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/olympics/2008/08/taekwondo_cuban_banned_for_lif.html?hpid=topnews

Might just be a formality doh... if you ask me.

[Sando prince]

thats an embarassment to your country..

[Quags]

Was watching the vid on NBC's site today.  I doh agree with it, but ah kinda understand the frustration.  De man try and kick wid he left foot (they barefooted) and at de same time his opponent raise he right knee to block and kick.  De Cuban fella big toe hit de other fella right below de knee and break... and he siddung on de mat to receive treatment.  The ref stood there while ah clock was counting down... apparently the rules say yuh only have ah minute or so to get treatment... lol

De opponent was even pointing out to the ref that he think de fella toe break... de ref eh care nah, he disqualified de Cuban fella.  Cuban get up and try tuh argue he case...when dat eh wuk he fire one kick tuh face 

Ah shouldn't laff but... dat was facked up...if he fet ban he cyah complain, under all long talk.


They still have to meet before making a decision on the ban

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/olympics/2008/08/taekwondo_cuban_banned_for_lif.html?hpid=topnews

Might just be a formality doh... if you ask me.

it good for him ,ent even try to understand ,take ah kick .

[Bitter]

I think Fidel need to stop helping.
We done not sure if is only tobacco in them cigars...


Fidel Castro backs banned Cuban taekwondo athlete
Reuters, Monday August 25 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/7751418

HAVANA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday defended a Cuban taekwondo athlete banned forever from the sport for kicking a referee during the Beijing Olympics.
Castro, in a column on the Internet, said Angel Valodia Matos already was "indignant" because someone tried to bribe his coach and "could not contain himself" when referee Chakir Chelbat disqualified him in a bronze-medal match he led over Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov.

"Astonished by a decision that appeared totally unjust to him, he protested and kicked the referee," Castro wrote.

Valodia, who kicked Chelbat in the face, and coach Leudis Gonzalez were banned for life.
"For our taekwondo athlete and his coach, our total solidarity," Castro said.
Chelbat of Sweden disqualified Valodia for exceeding a minute's injury time after a blow from Chilmanov.

Castro charged that judges also "shamelessly robbed" three Cuban boxers of gold medals.
Cuba, whose athletes remain amateurs, won five gold medals in boxing in the 2004 Athens Olympics, but none in Beijing.

Three of the five gold medalists in Athens defected from Cuba and a fourth was kicked off the team for attempting to defect.

Castro blamed the Beijing showing on efforts by the "mafia" against Cuba. He did not elaborate, but he frequently uses the term for anti-Castro Cubans living in exile in Miami.

"It was criminal what they did with the young people of our boxing team," he said. "In their rage, they left Cuba without a single gold Olympic medal in that discipline."

Castro said Cuba must review its sports system to meet rising competition but also has to be prepared to face challenges at the 2012 Olympics in London.

"There, there will be European chauvinism, referee corruption, buying of muscles and brains ... and a strong dose of racism."

(Reporting by Jeff Franks; editing by Tom Brown and Mohammad Zargham)

[asylumseeker]

I am not surprised by Fidel's comments.

[Deeks]

Me neither!

[weary1969]

Fidel still speaks