Posted on 02/23/2002 8:59:40 AM PST by codebreaker
The National Olympic Committee of South Korea released an official statement about the demarche.
The Koreans are going to boycott the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics that is to take place February 24.
This decision was made because of the fact that the Olympic officials disqualifed the South Korean speedskater Kim Dong-Sung, who had won the 1.5 kilometer race according to all rules. (Russian translation-ed.) The gold medal was re-awarded to an American athlete-yes, of course.
The representatives of South Korea did not hide their emotions. As RTR television channel informed, they said it was 'uncovered plundering and a slap in the face of the national sport.'
The director of the South Korean delegation claimed the Koreans were seriously considering a possibility of withdrawing all of their athletes from the competitions and bidding farewell to America.
Let's see if we can get it there by 2008....
No they will have a lot more to worry about than Euros.
Security in Greece is not known to be very good,and 04 IS only two years away.
Cheers, CC :)
Now let them go away mad! Who cares?
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