Website design By BotEap.com1. Cuba- Drugs and scandals
Website design By BotEap.comUnfortunately, Cuba is already a nightmare in the Olympic Movement. Because? Since 1964, Cuba has produced athletes with a huge superiority complex and strong anti-American sentiment. They have shown this anti-Olympic sentiment many times. Ángel Volodia Matos Fuentes, a Cuban taekwondo player, is the only athlete in Olympic history to have hit a referee. This athlete kicked a referee in the face after losing a match at the 2008 Olympics. “We did not expect anything like what you have witnessed to happen. I am speechless. This is an insult to the Olympic vision, an insult to the spirit of taekwondo and, in my opinion, an insult to humanity.” “said Yang Jin-suk (secretary of the World Taekwondo Federation). Angel won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics in 2000.
Website design By BotEap.comIn Atlanta in 1996, the Cuban women’s volleyball team fought with the Brazilian team during the semifinals. That is why Regla Radameris Torres Herrera, who has received several offers to become one of the best models in Italy, was suspended and could not play for several months. Cuban women’s volleyball players are famous for their aggressiveness against their rivals.
Website design By BotEap.comThe Cuban Javier Sotomayor Sanabria will be remembered as one of the worst examples in the world sports community. In 1988, Prensa Latina -Cuban news agency- announced that Javier Sotomayor was named “Cuban Sportsman of the Year” in its annual survey of sportswriters. He surpassed Félix Savón (boxing), Jorge Fis (Judo) and Ana Fidelia Quirot (athletics). Javier, known as “Soto”, was one of the most successful athletes in the history of the Cuban Revolution.
Website design By BotEap.comOn September 8, 1988, Javier – whose country had boycotted the 1988 Summer Olympics – set a world record in the high jump. A year later he set another world record (2.45 m / 8’1/2″). Under the guidance of José Godoy, a Soviet education teacher, he won nearly all of his competitions in the 1990s.
Website design By BotEap.comIn 2001, Javier Sotomayor, in one of a series of exhibition tournaments, tested positive for a muscle-building steroid. “The decision to let him compete again is like a blow to my face,” said Arne Ljungqvist (IAAF Vice President). Two years ago, Javier had also tested positive for drugs at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg (Canada). . However, he had been exonerated by the Cuban Olympic Committee. In addition, Fidel Castro Ruz -the dictator of Cuba- denied that Javier had used cocaine. In an article in Granma (a newspaper of the Communist Party), Javier said: “I am innocent. I have only seen that substance in the movies. I am the victim of a maneuver, a dirty one.”
Website design By BotEap.comUnlike Ben Johnson and Linford Christie, Javier received special treatment from the IAAF. He was banned by the IAAF for just 11 months. Thanks to this, Javier Sotomayor was able to compete in the 2000 Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal. Three European countries, Norway, Finland and Denmark, criticized this controversial decision. “If he tests positive and he gets suspended, he shouldn’t get a reduced sentence just because he’s a famous track athlete,” said Patrick Sjoberg, a former world record holder in the men’s high jump.
Website design By BotEap.com2. Myanmar – Sports and dictatorships
Website design By BotEap.comOlympic sport can unify a country like Myanmar, an Asian country with many ethnic conflicts. However, -pop. 52 million – has one of the worst Olympic teams in the world. In the last fifty years, three dictatorships have destroyed the Olympic spirit in this land of friendly people. For unknown reasons, Myanmar did not compete in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Canada. In 1980, Sue Khin finished 47th in the marathon at the Moscow Summer Games. Four years later, Myanmar – officially changed its name from Burma in 1989 – sent 1 athlete (boxer) to Los Angeles (USA). In 1996, Myanmar was represented by only 3 athletes (track and field and shooting).
Website design By BotEap.comAt the 2006 Asian Games in Qatar, Myanmar finished 27th in the unofficial team rankings (behind China, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Jordan, Lebanon, etc.). In an interview, Khin Maung Lwin, Secretary of the Myanmese Olympic Committee, said: “Our NOC has worked closely with the respective national sports federations to make all the necessary preparations for the participation in Doha 2006. We have selected the athletes who showed their best form and achieved the best results from the 23rd SEA Games to the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006. As a founding member of the Asian Games Federation in 1949 and the Olympic Council of Asia, we believe that the Asian Games is a very important tool for the development of the youth of Asia and for the promotion of international respect, friendship and goodwill…”
Website design By BotEap.com3. Albania – The legacy of Enver Hoxha
Website design By BotEap.comWhat is the reason why Albania does not produce world class athletes? Albania is known for its indifference towards sports. It is one of the few European countries that does not have Olympic champions. Albania was one of the least successful countries at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the People’s Republic of China.
Website design By BotEap.comLike Mao Tse-tung (Chinese dictator, 1949-1976) and Pol Pot (Cambodian tyrant, 1975-1979), Enver Hoxha did not support friendly relations with the International Olympic Committee. From 1950 to 1985, Enver Hoxha – one of the bloodiest dictators of the 20th century – earned a reputation as the world’s anti-Olympic leader. During its Maoist dictatorship, Albania boycotted seven Olympic Games (Rome ’60, Tokyo ’64, Mexico City ’68, Montreal ’76, Moscow ’80, Los Angeles ’84, Seoul ’88), seven Mediterranean Games (Beirut ’59 , Naples ’63, Tunis ’67, Izmir ’71, Algiers ’75, Split ’79, Casablanca ’83) and other international events (Winter Games, World University Games, World Championships, European Tournaments). In 1985, two weightlifters had defected to Yugoslavia (now Serbia).
Website design By BotEap.comSince 1991, the new government has no interest in sports and recreation. This European nation is losing its best athletes, who choose to live abroad and not return to Albania. Many Greek athletes have Albanian ancestry: Leonidas Sampani (weightlifting), Sawa Lika (athletics), Pyrro Dimas (weightlifting/Olympic champion, 1992, 1996, 2000), Mirela Manjani (athletics). At the 2003 World Championships, Mirela won a gold medal. Albania has been a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 1959.
Website design By BotEap.com4.Taiwan is not Ethiopia
Website design By BotEap.comWho was the last world class athlete from Taiwan? His name: Chi Cheng (1959-1972). This Olympic ambassador has been called “the flying antelope of the east.” At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City in October, she, who studied and trained in California, won a bronze medal in the 80-meter low hurdles. Two years later, she broke the world records in the 100 m (11.00 seconds) and 200 m (22.44 seconds) in July 1970, but failed at the 1972 Olympics. Unexpectedly, she suffered an injury. Chi Cheng was the favorite to win the gold medal in the 200 meters. To prepare for the Munich Games, she competed in Asia, Europe, and the United States. In 1972 she announced that she was retiring from athletics. In 1971, she was voted “World Athlete of the Year” by the Associated Press. In this election, she defeated Edson Arantes do Nascimento, one of the greatest athletes of all time. Since 1972, Taiwan continues to celebrate Chi Cheng’s world records.
Website design By BotEap.comUnfortunately, Taiwan cannot produce world-class athletes.
Website design By BotEap.comThis Asian country -also known as ROC, Chinese Taipei, Republic of China in Taiwan or Free China- has 10,000 stadiums, 1,850 swimming pools, 1,420 tennis courts, 14,252 sports parks, more than 762 gyms, nearly 9,100 basketball courts and handball, and 87 bicycle lanes. With more than double the budget of Jamaica, Ethiopia and North Korea, Taiwan has only won two gold medals (1960-2008). At the 1996 Games, Chinese-Taipei fielded 71 athletes and won one silver medal (table tennis).
Website design By BotEap.comThey have not learned the experience of South Korea, whose athletes have won 85 gold medals, their best unconventional diplomacy in the world. A good example for a country that does not have full diplomatic relations with 180 nations. Chinese Taipei -one of the most successful democracies in the developing world- is only recognized by 23 countries: Belize, Burkina Faso, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gambia, Guatemala, Holy See, Haiti, Honduras, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Nicaragua, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Sao Tome and Principe, Swaziland, Tuvalu.
Website design By BotEap.com5. Iceland- A country without Olympic Champions
Website design By BotEap.comIceland, a nation in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle, has never won an Olympic medal at the Winter Games. It is one of the oldest Olympic countries in the world (IOC member since 1921). Ranked by the United Nations as one of the richest countries in the world, Iceland has several sports facilities: indoor stadiums, winter Olympic arenas, sports parks, and swimming pools. Many people cannot believe that one of the richest nations in Europe cannot win a Winter Olympic medal. Unlike Iceland, Liechtenstein – an area the size of the District of Columbia – has won two Olympic titles and 58 world championships. Iceland – it is slightly larger than South Korea – participated in 15 editions of the Winter Games between 1948 and 2006. Glíma, a traditional wrestling, is Iceland’s national sport.
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