eh, i don't really see why she should be. based on how the competition went, she was essentially the USA basketball of the vault. in both cases, anything but a gold is such a massive disappointment that any other medal is like winning none at all and there's no way to be happy about it. all it will ever be is a reminder of the disappointment of not winning. which brings me to my next question. i haven't had a chance to catch up in the thread, but has anyone addressed why we only had mckayla compete in vault? seemingly everybody on the US team scored in the high 15's in the qualifying and would have been a decisive favorite for gold. why didn't we have them all do a 2nd vault and try to get more medals? i know some countries had 2 people in event finals so if there is a limit it is at least 2 as far as i can tell.
I can totally understand that, but with the eyes of the world upon you, show a little more class. When you get back to your room chuck the silver in the trash for all I care.
Eh, she's 16 y/o. I'll cut her a break on what had to be the biggest disappointment of her young life.
Here's some perspective, when I was 16 I got caught beating the salami in the bathroom by my parents... She's 16 in the freaking Olympics... I think she'll be okay from here on out...
C'mon Nick... http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/j...after-positive-drug-test-for-mar1juana-080612 Delpopolo expelled for positive test American judo fighter Nick Delpopolo was expelled from the Olympics for doping Monday, saying he unintentionally ate something before the games that had been baked with mar1juana. Delpopolo is the first of the 10,500 London Games athletes to fail an in-competition doping test. His case is the fifth positive test for a banned substance reported by the IOC since the Olympic body started its London testing program in mid-July. The other four were caught before competing. The International Olympic Committee said it disqualified him from the 73-kilogram class, where he placed seventh. He beat opponents from Hong Kong and Belgium, then lost to fighters from South Korea and Mongolia. The IOC added that he tested positive for metabolites of cannabis after competing on July 30, the day of his event. He is to be stripped of his accreditation immediately, and the IOC will ask the International Judo Federation to change the standings in Delpopolo's event. The IOC also requested that judo's governing body ''consider any further action within its own competence.'' The 23-year-old judoka from Westfield, N.J., said his positive test was ''caused by my inadvertent consumption of food that I did not realize had been baked with mar1juana'' before he left for the Olympics. ''I apologize to U.S. Olympic Committee, to my teammates, and to my fans, and I am embarrassed by this mistake,'' he said in a statement released by the USOC. ''I look forward to representing my country in the future, and will rededicate myself to being the best judo athlete that I can be.'' USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky said in a statement his group is ''absolutely committed to clean competition and stringent anti-doping penalties. Any positive test, for any banned substance, comes with the appropriate consequences and we absolutely support the disqualification.'' Delpopolo was born Petra Perovic in the former Yugoslavia and was adopted by an American family. Before the games, Delpopolo said in his official Olympic biography that he found training for London to be intense and he would like to return to study. ''I would also like to try and get a job wherever; it wouldn't matter to me,'' he said on the website. ''These two things would be a good change of pace from the 'always train' life I live now. Don't get me wrong, I would still practice, train and compete judo but not as intense or as much as I am now. But in 2014 I would start preparing for the 2016 Games again.''
'caused by my inadvertent consumption of food that I did not realize had been baked with mar1juana'' Epic quote.
Why do they disqualify a competitor for testing positive for mar1juana? Is it a performance enhancing drug for judo or any other sport?
:grin: Really. Reminds me of Seinfield, George was caught jerking off to a fashion magazine, somthing like that. I think you are more than ok as well.
Guys I want to open a fundraiser for innocent, brutally abused Salamis. Contact me for details so that the things Vanity described will never happen to any Salami again. I'm literally cryin right now and thinkin about the value of life...one day a happy Salami...then from one moment to another a victim of a brutal soul and forver denied happiness again...
Just heard that a 1,500 M runner who was a potential medalist was kicked out for not running hard enough in his early heats.
