Rant 214 1/8/12 Subject: Cheating Japanese Gymnasts

Rant number 214


An olympic rant then. Bound to happen sooner or later wasn't it?

For anyone hidden under a rock not watching the Olympics, they've been pretty good so far. The brits have won a respectable amount of medals and have far from disgraced themselves.

Particularly, our Gymnasts did well, winning themselves a bronze medal and breaking a hundred years slump in this discipline. My heartiest congratulations go to them. They fought hard and won well.

Except, they won a silver medal, not a bronze.

Then the Japanese protested - and got given the silver medal.

Now, lets put things in context:

I don't have a great deal of expertise in gymnastics, or in most sports. We in fact discussed last week at work - how you could mark something this subjective.

What I saw however, from the Japanese Gymnast was a dismount that looked as crap as one I could have done! If it's obvious to me that its crap, surely there is no protest that can be made?

But the stupid bloody officials took it lying down, and the British Gymnasts were too proud to counter-protest.

If the Japanese had any shame, they should be falling on their fucking swords!

If you don't believe me, go to: http://gymnasticscoaching.com/new/2012/07/uchimuras-pommel-dismount

and watch the bugger fall in a most ungraceful and certainly unintentional way.

Now tell me I'm just being biased because its our gymnasts that have lost out?

What a disgusting way to cheat your way to their silver medals. I hope that their pride comes before a fall. Preferably from a great height.

Yes, our team took it well, but inside they must be gutted. After all that work - to be cheated. It makes me bloody sick!

And as for the officials who let it happen. Don't even get me started.

If nothing else, the Olympics should be about honour. An honour to be involved, an honour to win a medal. The Japanese have shat all over that with their disgusting cheating ways.

I hope they feel ashamed of themselves. If they had any balls or scruples, they should give those medals back!

I really hope they don't think they are in the right and that they can't sleep at night. They deserve no less!

Rant over.