Wrestler stripped of bronze for protest (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

A Swedish wrestler has been disqualified and stripped of his bronze medal for dropping his medal in protest. The International Olympic Committee says Ara Abrahamian has been kicked out of the Beijing Olympics for violating the spirit of fair play during the medal ceremony. Abrahamian walked off the medals podium and dropped the medal on the mat after taking third in the Greco-Roman 84-kilogram...

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