OT - Taekwondo - got to vent..

[Corso]

Lutalo Muhammad isn't a bad player he did win the 2012 European Championships but the only real way to settle it would be a fightoff....

[Andy BB]

Lutalo Muhammad isn't a bad player he did win the 2012 European Championships but the only real way to settle it would be a fightoff....

He's a great young prospect. However, his win at the 2012 Euros wasn't at the weight category he'll be fighting at in London. That is -80kg (and guess who won the -80kg category at the Europeans? Yup - Aaron Cook...) Lutalo won the -86kg category, which was a veryweak one. None of his competitors at that Championships are going to the Olympics. Aaron, on the other hand, beat the-then world champion in the -80 competition....

[Tony]

I think the bottom line of my sig says it all.....

[ged]

Hasn't this gone far enough?

It's very common for personalities to clash in sport, on and off the field, or the mat in this case. Competitive people compete in all sorts of ways, and not just in their chosen sports. Whether the guy at the centre of this furore is right about some relatively unimportant technical issue or not -- and even whether he's actually the best man for the job or not -- doesn't really matter at this stage. He's obviously a bit too headstrong for his colleagues (and probably badly advised too), but this is the way things go when you upset people and now he's paying the inevitable price. He's clearly good enough at the sport to have represented his country at the Olympics but equally clearly not capable of getting along with the people he needed to get along with in order to win a place at the games.

He made his choices. Now he has to ive with them. Tough, but it's part of growing up.

To be perfectly honest the whole Olympic thing leaves me completely cold nowadays. It's not really about sport any more, it's been totally absorbed by the entertainment and advertising industries, which have turned it from some talented and skilled people playing games into part of their business strategy. I'd rather play darts down the pub.

[Corso]

Hasn't this gone far enough?

No when as a Drug cheat you can make a bit of noise and get themselves back in the running why can't you protest you've been overlooked becasue your in the wrong 'union'

[Swallow]

The Avaaz site now allows you to start your own petitions?

[Andy BB]

Hasn't this gone far enough?

It's very common for personalities to clash in sport, on and off the field, or the mat in this case. Competitive people compete in all sorts of ways, and not just in their chosen sports. Whether the guy at the centre of this furore is right about some relatively unimportant technical issue or not -- and even whether he's actually the best man for the job or not -- doesn't really matter at this stage. He's obviously a bit too headstrong for his colleagues (and probably badly advised too), but this is the way things go when you upset people and now he's paying the inevitable price. He's clearly good enough at the sport to have represented his country at the Olympics but equally clearly not capable of getting along with the people he needed to get along with in order to win a place at the games.

He made his choices. Now he has to ive with them. Tough, but it's part of growing up.

To be perfectly honest the whole Olympic thing leaves me completely cold nowadays. It's not really about sport any more, it's been totally absorbed by the entertainment and advertising industries, which have turned it from some talented and skilled people playing games into part of their business strategy. I'd rather play darts down the pub.

I suppose it depends if you have a sense of justice or not......

[MartinK9]

oops - Lutalo Muhammad out of finals

Edit: just won Bronze

[GollIfanAteb]

opps: commitee gone then!!!

Cant carry on with a better man available but not selected!

[Corso]

spoiler alert I havn't seen it yet!

Didn't think he'd get very far he was pretty lucky to get out of his first fight....