Video: Angel Valodia Matos’ last stand

Thanks to Casey Trowbridge:

Here is a link to video of Cuban Angel Valodia Matos’ kick to the face of the Swedish referee after his Bronze medal loss at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Editor’s Notes: Since the WWE is not keen on Cubans, K-1 s definitely the right home for this type of wackiness.

Kyoko Hamaguchi vs the Chinese Olympic Wrestling Team II- Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing Summer 2008 -72kg Medal Rounds

The -63kg Medal Ceremony is still going on at 5:17 EST so I probably will not be sleeping at 6:00 Am today I guess. NBC commentator is still putting over the American Bronze medalist. Hamaguchi’s team mate, Kaori Icho is pretty photogenic when she is trying to fix her hair. Now NBC is emphasizing Japan only has 2 Gold so far in Wrestling stead of 3.

And so begins the conclusion of the tale which is Women’s Wrestling in the 2008 Olympics.

And this is how we got here:

-72kg Semifinals:

1. Jiao Wang (China) def Kyoko Hamaguchi (Japan)

2. Stanka Zlateva (Bulgaria) def Agnieszka Wieszczek (Poland)

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-72kg Repechage

Pool 1. Ali Bernard (USA) def Jenny Fransson (Sweden)

Pool 2. Maider Unda (Spain) def Ohenewa Akuffo (Canada)

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Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing Summer 2008 -63kg Medal Rounds

And here we are looking for a new Champion that will be deified in the blaze of combat.

And how did we get here. Last time on NBC Online:

-63kg Semifinals:

1. Alena Kartashova (Russia) def Lise Golliot Legrand (France)

2. Kaori Icho (Japan) def Martine Dugrenier (Canada)

The Pool 1 contestants are people Kartashove beat and the Pool 2 people Icho beat.

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-63kg Repechage

Pool 1. Yelena Shalygina (Kazakhstan) def Elina Vaseva (Bulgaria)

Pool 2. Randi Miler (USA) def Olesya Zamula (Azerbaijan)

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Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing Summer 2008 -63kg/-72kg Pre-Medal Stage Results

-63kg Qualifier:

1. Randi Miller (USA) def Haiat Farag (Egypt)

-63kg Preliminaries:

1. Elina Vaseva (Bulgaria) def Maria Dunn (Guam)

2. Alena Kartashova (Russia) def Yelena Shalygina (Kazakhstan)

3. Monika Michalik (Poland) def Volha Khilko (Belarus)

4. Lise Golliot Legrand (France) def Teresa Mendez (Spain)

5. Martine Dugrenier (Canada) def Marianna Sastin (Hungary)

6. Haiyan Xu (China) def Odonchimeg Badrakh (Mongolia)

7. Kaori Icho (Japan) def Olesya Zamula (Azerbaijan)

8. Randy Miller (USA) def Yuliya Ostapchuk (Ukraine)

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Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing Summer 2008 -55kg Women’s Freestyle Wrestling Medal Round Results

Repechage

1 Ida Therese Nerell (Sweden) def Natalia Golts (Russia)

2 Ana Maria Paval (Romania) def Olga Smirnova (Kazakhstan)

Yawarako Taisen: Games of the XXIX Olympiad 2008 Beijing +78kg Women’s Judo Medal Round Results

It’s day 6 of this madness. And I am still here. I do not know how much longer though.

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Quarterfinal (Pool A): Idalys Ortiz (Cuba) def. Janelle Shepherd (Australia) via Ippon 1:34

Quarterfinal (Pool B):Wen Tong (China) def. Na-Young Kim (South Korea) via Ippon 1:56

Quarterfinal (Pool C): Maki Tsukada (Japan) def. Vanessa Zambotti (Mexico) via Ippon 1:34

Quarterfinal (Pool D): Lucija Polavder (Slovakai) def. Tserenkhand Dorjgotov (Mongolia) via Ippon (3:15)

2nd Repechage Match 1: Samah Ramadan (Egypt) def. Janelle Shepherd (Australia) via Ippon 1:39

2nd Repechage Match 2: Na-Young Kim (South Korea) def. Tea Donguzashvili (Russia) via Ippon 1:40

2nd Repechage Match 3: Anne Sophie Mondiere (France) def. Vanessa Zambotti (Mexico) via Ippon 4:20

2nd Repechage Match 4: Tserenkhand Dorjgotov (Mongolia) def. Gulzhan Issanova (Kazakhstan) via Ippon 3:44

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The Ultimate Finale: Games of the XXIX Olympiad 2008 Beijing +100kg Men’s Judo Medal Round Results

Before these final rounds begin these are the immediate results that lead up to these matches:

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Quarterfinal (Pool A): Satoshi Ishii (Japan) def. Tamerlan Tmnenov (Russia) via Ippon 4:46

Quarterfinal (Pool B): Lasha Gujejiani (Georgia) def. Mohammad Reza Roodaki Rodaki (Iran) via Yuko 11-0

Quarterfinal (Pool C): Abdullo Tangriev (Uzbekhistan) def. Ted Riner (France)

Quarterfinal (Pool D): Vidal Brayson (Cuba) def. Joao Gabriel Schlittler (Brazil) via Ippon 1:39

2nd Repechage Match 1: Tamerlan Tmenov (Russia) def. Paolo Bianchessi (Italy)

2nd Repechage Match 2: Mohammad Reza Roodaki Rodaki (Iran) def. Daniel McCormick (USA)

2nd Repechage Match 3:Teddy Riner (France) def. Andreas Telzer (Germany)

2nd Repechage Match 4: Joao Gabriel Schlittler (Brazil) def. Rudy Hachache (Lebannon)

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A New Mongol King Rises in the East: Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing Summer 2008 -100kg Men’s Judo Medal Rounds

Before these final rounds begin these are the immediate results that lead up to these matches:

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Quarterfinal (Pool A): Henk Grol (Nederlands) def. Przemyslaw Matyasek (Poland) via Ippon 0:39

Quarterfinal (Pool B): Askhat Zhitkeyev (Kazakstan) def. Daniel Hadfi (Hungary) via Ippon 4:12

Quarterfinal (Pool C): Movlud Miralyev (Azerbaijan) def. Daniel Brata (Romania) via Waza 110-0

Quarterfinal (Pool D): Tuvshinbayar Naidan (Mongolia) def. Sung-Ho Jang (South Korea) 11-10

2nd Repechage Match 1: Przemyslaw Matyasek (Poland) def. Luciano Correa (Brazil) via Ippon 1:47

2nd Repechage Match 2: Daniel Hadfi (Hungary) def. Amel Mekic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) via Ippon 4:16

2nd Repechage Match 3: Levan Zhorzholiani (Georgia) def. Daniel Brata (Romania) via Ippon 2:44

2nd Repechage Match 4: Sung-Ho Jang (South Korea) def. Benjammin Behrla (Germany) via Ippon 1:06

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Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing Summer 2008 -78kg Women’s Judo Medal Rounds

And here we are in the semifinal weight class of Women’s Judo:

Quarter Final (Pool A): Xiuli Yang (China) def. Marylise Levesque (Canada) via Ippon 2:02

Quarter Final (Pool B): Esther San Miguel (Spain) def. Lucia Morico (Italy) 220-11

Quarter Final (Pool C): Gyeong Mi Jeong (Sout Korea) def. Heide Wollert (Germany) via Ippon 2:56

Quarter Final (Pool D): Yalennis Castillo (Cuba) def. Stephanie Possamai (France) via Koka 30-0

3rd Rep Match 1: Edinanci Silva (Brazil) def. Lkhandegd Purevjargal (Mongolia) via Ippon 3:58

3rd Rep Match 2: Stephanie Possamai (France) def. Heide Wollert (Germany) via Ippon 0:41

Semifinals:

Match 1: Xiuli Yang (China) vs Esther San Miguel (Spain)

Winner: Xiuli Yang via Ippon 5:00

Match 2: Yalennis Castillo (Cuba) vs Gyeong Mi Jeong (South Korea)

Winner: Yalennis Castillo via Koka 1-0

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Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing Summer 2008 -90kg Men’s Judo Results

Men’s -90kg Judo Pools:

Pool A:

1) Bye: Irakli Tsirekidze (Georgia)

Round of 32 Match 1: Hesham Mesbah (Egypt) vs Sun-Ho Choi (Korea)

Winner: Hesham Mesbah via Koka 1-0

Round of 32 Match 2: Elkhan Mammadov (Azerbaijan) vs Negmatullo Asranqulov (Tajikistan)

Winner: Elkhan Mammadov via Yuko 11-0

Round of 32 Match 3: Khurshid Nabiev (Uzbekhistan) vs Winston Gordon (UK)

Winner: Khurshid Nabiev 100-20

Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing Summer 2008 – 70kg Women’s Judo Results

- 70kg Women’s Judo Pools:

Pool A:

1) Bye: Anett Meszaros (Hungary)

2) Bye: Yulia Kuzina (Russia)

3) Bye: Ju-an Wang (China)

Round of 32 Match: Ka-Yeon Park (South Korea) vs Masae Ueno (Japan)

2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Women’s -63kg and Men’s -81kg Judo Results with Play by Play

Good Gods its 5:55 AM and I am not even done with the quarter results. Thus I shall step aside for Greco Roman and return to Wrestling with my favorite division Women’s Freestyle (I would also probably watch Women Greco Roman if they had it in the Olympics but FILA believes women are not centered right to do Greco Roman. did I tell you guys how asinine FILA is).

2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Women’s -57kg and Men’s -73kg Judo Results with Play by Play

Women’s -57kg Round of 32:

1) Ketleyn Quadros(USA) def Gulzat Uralbayeva (Kazakhstan) via Ippon 3:46

2) Ketleyn Quadros (Brazil) 11 def. Sin-Young Kang (South Korea) 2

3) Yan Xu (China) def Lila Latrous (Algeria) via Ippon 3:47

4) Giulia Quintaville (Italy) 101 def. Yvonne Boenisch (Germany) 0 via Waza

5) Sun Hui Kye (North Korea) def. Sabrina Filzmoser (Austria) via ippon 4:22

6) Yurisleydis Lupitey (Cuba) 111 def. Ange Mercie Jean Baptiste 0 via Waza

Women’s -57kg Round of 16:

I will get to this later today

Women’s -57kg Qurterfinal Pools:

1) Pool A: Deborah Grevenstijn (Nederlands) def. Isabel Fernandez (Spain) via Ippon 1:26

2) Pool B: Yan Xu (China) 10 def. Aiko Sato (Japan) 2

3) Pool C: Giulia Quintavalle (Italy) 10 def. Barbara Harel (France) 1

4) Pool D: Maria Pekli (Australia) def. Nesrine Jlassi (Tunisia) via Ippon

Women’s -57kg Repechage Preliminaries:

1) Nina Koivumaki (Finland) def Lila Latrous (Algeria) via Ippon (1:33)

2) Yvonne Boenisch (Germany) 110 def Erdenet-Od Khishigbat (Mongolia) 1

Women’s -57kg Second Repechage:

1) Ketleyn Quadros (Brazil) def. Isabel Fernandez (Spain) via Ippon 4:27

2) Aiko Sato (Japan) def. Nina Koivumaki (Finland) via Ippon 3:00

3) Barbara Harel (France) 1 def. Yvonne Boenisch (Germany) 0 via Koka

4) Bernadett Baczko (Hungary) def. Nesrine Jlassi (Tunisia) via Ippon 3:22

2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Women’s -52kg and Men’s -66kg Results/ Play by Play

I’m back. I hope…

Women’s -52kg Repechenge Final: Ilse Heylen (Belgium) vs Shopan Kaliyeva (Kazakhstan)

I was not even done typing when Heylen charged in and Shopan flipped her over.

Result: Shopan Kaliyeva (Ippon) 0:13 via Ippon Seioh Nage

Women’s -52kg Semifinal: Kum Ae An (North Korea) vs Misato Nakamura (Japan)

Our two gladiatrixes circles each other waiting for an opening. Just a little grip will do. Kum Ae won most of today’s matches by Ippon while Misato did not. An has blocked every Ippon Seioh Nage attempt by sprawling. An is snapping Misato down alot or maybe she’s just charging in too much. I guess its the latter as An nealy flipped her over on one but she did a headstand giving An only a point. I think I am sobered up right now from too much sleep as I do not feel as witty. The same probably said for Nakamura. I know of another Misato who starts everyday with miso soup and sake. I bet Nakamura is wishing it’s the next day now. At the last minute An blocked a throw and just shoved her down.

Result: An via shido

Women’s -52kg Semifinal: Dongmei Xian (China) vs Soraya Haddad (Algeria)

where the fuck is the match?

Result: Dongmei Xian (Ippon) 1:21

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj (with Am Johal) on IOC and Olympic sacrafices

Below is an excerpt from an interview of Helen Jefferson Lenskyj conducted by Am Johal for Seven Oaks Magazine in regards to the International Olympic Committee, the Olympics, and negative impacts of these international games.

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj is the author of Inside the Olympic Industry (2000), The Best Olympics Ever? (2002) and the forthcoming book Olympic Industry Resistance. She spoke over the phone with Am Johal.

AJ: Since the UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Adequate Housing visited Vancouver in the middle of October 2007, there have been three more low income rental buildings planning to evict tenants and convert by the end of February 2008. Over 700 have already converted since the Olympics were awarded to Vancouver and the City of Vancouver predicts that another 660 are under threat. Is this the usual story of Olympic promises not being kept?

Certainly. Why would they have bothered with this inner-city inclusive commitment statement if it wasn’t for public relations. It was window dressing and it is part of a very common process for Olympic Organizing Committees.

Not only does this divide community groups on the ground, it doesn’t really lead to results. It seems either a moderate or a more radical approach doesn’t seem to effect policy-making. There seems to be simple menu of public policy options available that they seem to be neglecting either through incompetence or poor planning.

In watching and monitoring everything that happened including pushing out homeless people, Olympic watchdog groups in Australia were partially effective in raising issues. Certainly homelessness would have been worse if they hadn’t been there. They had an important role to play.