The greatest sports
event does not need an introduction. I decided to peep in depth to find a few
details and the ups and downs of it. Most exciting thing was Indian
performances, of-course one cannot compare to the China
and USA
but it was far better than before. If taken care, then country could do better
in these following criteria like Wrestling,
Archery, Boxing and Shooting. Even in discus for men and women also encouraging and above all nobody noticed
that an Indian came tenth in Walking. Today Let me start with top ten
controversies of Summer Olympic.
1.
Munich Massacre
Act
of Terrorism is a big black spot for the society we are living and undoubtedly
it started with IRA and PLO. Terrorism is nothing but creation of some
maniac who start to behave like a self proclaim ruler. It is also a good
profitable business for those brains sitting behind and remote controlling the
hand to destroy the world peace. Fund is no problem for them since oil exploration
in Arab world. The worst moment of all Olympic was the Munich Massacre
September.
5, 1972, when a group of Palestinian terrorists stormed the Olympic
village and took hostage 11 Israeli athletes and coaches.
The
standoff lasted 16 hours, ending in a botched rescue attempt. By the time it
was over, all 11 hostages and a German police officer were dead.
There
was talk of halting the games right then, but IOC president Avery Brundage
determined that could not happen.
"I
am sure the public will agree that we cannot allow a handful of terrorists to
destroy this nucleus of international cooperation and goodwill we have in the
Olympic movement," he said to a crowd of 80,000 attending a memorial
service inside the Olympic Stadium. "The Games must go on."
2.
Boycott in 1980 and 1984
Era
of cold war USA, West Germany and some other country
partially boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan
and four years. In return Soviet Union and 14 Eastern Bloc countries and
allies of the Soviet Union boycotted the 1984
Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
3.
Ben Johnson
On
September 24 1988, Johnson beat Carl Lewis in the 100m final at the
Olympics, lowering his own world record to 9.79 seconds. However, Johnson's urine samples were found
to contain stanozolol, and he was disqualified three days later.
4.
Marian Jones
She
was having a smile that could kill a million and I was too ardent for of her.
She always asked too much, may be some of those are beyond her capacity yet she
was gone for it. Finally all she got not only for her enormous talent, there was something
else. At the 2000 Olympics sprinter Marion
Jones raced into the history books as the first woman to claim five
medals in a single Games, three of them gold. Eight years later, Jones is
headline news again - sentenced to serve six months in jail for lying to
investigators after admitting her golden achievements in Sydney were fuelled by steroid abuse.
5.
Black Panther salute
In
1968 summer Olympic in Mexico City, two Americans, Tommie Smith and John Carlos
who won gold and bronze in 200 meters dash, while standing on the medal podium raised
their black-gloved fists firmly in the air, is arguably the singular
most iconic image an Olympic Games has ever produced. Smith and Carlos insist the
gesture was an homage to human rights, not solely a black power salute.
6.
US basketball team gets robbed
The
USA men's basketball team
seemed to have won a gold medal in Munich
in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Inexplicably, game officials gave the Soviet Union three straight chances to inbounds the ball
with 3 seconds left, despite the clock running out twice. The Soviets got a
basket to win 51-50 as time expired.
7.
Korean boxing fix
At
the 1988 Games, he represented the United States in the light middleweight
division. Jones won every round in dominant fashion to reach the finals. The
final was no different as Jones outlanded his South Korean opponent Park Si-Hun
86-32. Unfortunately, the judges were either pressured, coerced or
bribed to favor the local fighter and awarded Park an indefensible 3- 2
decision. One judge admitted the decision was a mistake and all three judges
ended up being suspended.
Currently
concluded London
Olympic also having a fair share of controversies
8.
Badminton
Scandal
The
Badminton World Federation (BWF) disqualified eight badminton players
from the women's doubles event at the London Olympics after being accused of
"throwing away matches" for favourable draw in the knockout
rounds. Two teams from South Korea
and one each from China and Indonesia
were disqualified for intentionally playing bad shots to throw away matches,
which was not in the spirit of the Games.
9.
Boxing Woes
Indian
boxer Vikas Krishan’s joy was
short-lived as the International Boxing Association (AIBA) overturned the
result of his pre-quarterfinal bout, just five hours after he had won against America's
Errol Spence. The 20-year-old Indian had won 13-11 over Errol Spence of United States in a thrilling contest but in a
dramatic turn of events, the AIBA declared the result 15-13 in favour of
the American after the review of the match following an appeal from the U.S.
team. They cited fouls committed by the Indian for the result overturn.
10.
Delayed clock
Korean fencer Shin A-Lam alleged that
she was robbed off an Olympic medal in the women's epee. A delayed clock that
caused her to lose during the London 2012 Olympic Games' Women's Epee
Individual Fencing Semifinals, July 30, 2012. Germany's Britta Heidemann scored
the final point with one second left on the clock to win against Shin, whose
appeal to the technical director was rejected. Shin claimed that a timekeeping
mishap allowed her opponent extra time to strike and refused to leave
the piste for 75 minutes following the match
!!!Often Oly continues sans the Olive Branch.!!!
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