Posted on 06/25/2023 7:31:59 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
An American fencer's outburst after a match may have cost his entire team a chance to compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
After a semifinals loss at the Pan-American games in Peru, Curtis McDowald went on a tirade that disqualified the entire USA men's épée team.
On the decisive point, McDowald was penalized with a red card, ending the match. After the loss, McDowald's opponent tried to shake his hand, but he angrily slapped it.
As other members shook hands, McDowald, a 2020 Olympian, kicked and put his foot through a free-standing banner at the venue.
Because of his actions, the team was eliminated from the competition, which resulted in them forfeiting the bronze-medal match. Furthermore, since they were disqualified, they earned zero Olympic qualifying points at the event.
The United States entered the tournament as the top-ranked team in the event.
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To be fair, he thought it was a basketball game. /sarc
His acting a fool is going to cost the entire team a chance to compete. That’s going to be a long plane ride back to the USA. I suspect Mr. Big Baby will be sitting alone, still feeling sorry for himself. If you can’t behave like a civilized gentleman, then just stay home and play Call Of Duty games all by yourself.
Fencing, ... It’s a Jungle out there.
reminded me of something
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ransFQVzf6c
Some Blacks are taught to respect themselves to the degree
that they can’t imagine ever being wrong. They are taught
to NEVER ACCEPT someone calling them wrong.
Look, there are good Black kids too, but they aren’t
talked about at all, and the few percent make bad names
for them all.
This isn’t limited to Black kids, but the results are often
more violent. Look at the woke White kids that are supporting
the claims of Critical Race Theory, erasing them from
the minds of people who respect other races.
It’s just nuts out there.
Yeah, seems to be a good case in point. The broadcast crew
had it about right too. They sided with him but wished he
would have kept his objection a little less confrontational.
“Soft bigotry of low expectations”.
I have always believed after I heard that quote as a young man that a superior phrase would have been “The subtle bigotry of low expectations.
The word “subtle” is a far more accurate and descriptive term for the explication one is attempting to convey.
I’ve been bored recently so I have decided to take up fencing.
The neighbors said they will call the police unless I put it back.
the spoiled entitled American a tale almost as old as dirt.
low IQ poor impulse control black an icon of the trailer park
oddly the almost omnipresent official feeling a need for relevancy is just as old as the rest-
in this case at match point, as the video shows in HD for all to see, the official lowered her arms to commence-
the entitled spoiled low IQ with impulse control immediately launches an attack to be carded not once but twice for false starts. Both times aided by a largely unprepared opponent looking to the official for bailout.
Was Will Smith his coach?
You can take the ghe… never mind
I hope his team mates beat the crap out of him for it
he took his GHETTONESS with him to Peru.....pathetic.
“In time I hope he
can grasp that he was wrong, and not blame this on the
officials or others.”
Bet it won’t happen.......part of the entitlement culture.
Was it a Pride Month banner?
If Obama had a son.
Another loser. Aspiring criminal.
THe thing is == since the USA got zero points in this tournament, so that opens the door for other teams from the Americas to get into the Olympic tournament.
There’s what, 200 countries in the IOC? Only a small set get to compete in team sport events — it depends on how they do in other international competitions whether they get an invitation or not.
Is he selling a stolen sword?
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