Ara Abrahamian Quits

Ara Abrahamian throws down his bronze medal and quits

Ara Abrahamian did what many of us have either done or thought of doing at our jobs. He quit. The strange thing about how Ara Abrahamian quit is job is that he did at the Olympics, after winning a bronze medal.

Abrahamian was upset because he didn't win the gold. As far as he was concerned, it was all just a matter of sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=reu-wrestling&prov=reuters&type=lgns">politics.

"This will be my last match. I wanted to take gold, so I consider this Olympics a failure," he said

Andrea Minguzzi of Italy ended up winning the Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling 84-kilogram gold medal. In second was Zoltan Fodor of Hungary. Thate left Abrahamian, who was outraged about his third place finish and blamed it on 'politics.'

"I don't care about this medal. I wanted gold," Abrahamian said. "This will be my last match. I wanted to take gold, so I consider this Olympics a failure."

Officials are considering stripping him of his bronze medal because of his antics.

Times of the Internet, now in Spanish


Published: Thursday 14th of August 2008 02:52:59 PM
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