*A Cuban taekwondo athlete and his coach were banned for life after Angel Matos kicked the referee in the face following his bronze-medal match disqualification.Cuban coach Leudis Gonzalez offered no apology for Matos' actions during the men's over-80 kg (176 pounds) match.Matos was winning 3-2, with 1:02 in the second round, when he fell to the mat after being hit by his opponent, Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov. He was sitting there, awaiting medical attention, when he was disqualified for taking too much injury time. Fighters get one minute, and Matos was disqualified when his time ran out.Matos angrily questioned the call, pushed a judge, then pushed and kicked referee Chakir Chelbat of Sweden. Matos then spat on the floor and was escorted out."He was too strict," Gonzalez said, referring to the decision to disqualify Matos. Afterward, he charged the match was fixed, accusing the Kazakhs of offering him money."This is a strong violation of the spirit of taekwondo and the Olympic Games. The sanctions are the following and are effective immediately: Lifetime ban of the coach and athlete in all championships sanctioned by the (World Taekwondo Federation) and at the same time, all records of this athlete at the Beijing Games will immediately be erased," said the announcer, reading a WTF release.
In his first match, Matos defeated Italy's Leonardo Basile, then beat China's Liu Xiaobo 2-1 in the quarterfinals. But he lost to South Korean Cha Dong-min in the semis to land in the bronze-medal match."To me it was obvious he was unable to continue," Chilmanov said. "His toe on his left foot was broken."Matos won the gold medal in this division at the 2000 Sydney Games, dedicating the victory to his mother, who died on the day of the opening ceremony. At the 2004 Athens Games, he finished 11th.Matos' tantrum followed a day of confusion on the mats.
*Il cubano Angel Valodia Matos è stato squalificato a vita dalla federazione internazionale di taekwondo per aver colpito con calci e pugni gli arbitri del suo match per la medaglia di bronzo ai Giochi di Pechino. Matos, che affrontava il kazakho Arman Chilmanov, è stato dichiarato sconfitto. All'annuncio di questa decisione il suo allenatore l'ha raggiunto sul tatami, poi, insieme, hanno cominciato a contestare verbalmente la decisione dell'arbitro. Matos ha poi colpito al viso l'arbitro principale e mentre il suo allenatore tentava di calmarlo ha aggredito anche un giudice assistente. Non contento, ed evidentemente dimentico anche delle regole basilari della cavalleria, ha colpito persino la giudice spagnola Carmen Navarro Ingles. Ha poi lasciato il tatami urlando arrabbiato.
*El cubano Ángel Matos ha sido expulsado de los Juegos Olímpicos tras propinarle una brutal patada en la cara a un árbitro que tomó una decisión en su contra en su combate de taekwondo.
*Der internationale Verband schloss daraufhin den Olympiasieger von 2000 und dessen Trainer Leudis Gonzalez lebenslänglich von allen Wettkämpfen aus. Zudem wurden alle Ergebnisse von Matos gelöscht.Die Siege am letzten Tag gingen an den Südkoreaner Cha Dongmin und die Mexikanerin Maria Del Rosario Espinoza im Limit über 67 kg. Cha bezwang im Finale den Europameister Alexandros Nikolaidis aus Griechenland, der bereits vor vier Jahren in Athen Zweiter geworden war. Weltmeisterin Espinoza war gegen die Norwegerin Nina Solheim mit 3:1 Punkten erfolgreich. Deutsche Athleten waren in beiden Gewichtsklassen in Peking nicht vertreten.Matos hatte eine Pause zur Behandlung einer Verletzung bei einer eigenen 3:2-Führung überzogen und wurde daraufhin zum Verlierer erklärt. Daraufhin kam es zu Tumulten, in die sich auch der kubanische Trainer Gonzalez tätlich einmischte. Er behauptete zudem, der Kampf sei "verschoben" worden. Der Weltverband begründete seine Entscheidung zur lebenslangen Sperre in einer Erklärung: ""Das ist eine starkes Vergehen am Geist des Taekwondo und der Olympischen Spiele."
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Added: August 23, 2008
