The Oly and the Olive Branch – I [ The Controversies ]

The greatest sports event does not need an introduction. I decided to peep in depth to find a few details and the ups and downs of it. Most exciting thing was Indian performances, of-course one cannot compare to the China and USA but it was far better than before. If taken care, then country could do better in these following  criteria like Wrestling, Archery, Boxing and Shooting. Even in discus for men and  women also encouraging and above all nobody noticed that an Indian came tenth in Walking. Today Let me start with top ten controversies of  Summer Olympic.

1.            Munich Massacre

Act of Terrorism is a big black spot for the society we are living and undoubtedly it started with IRA and PLO. Terrorism is nothing but creation of some maniac who start to behave like a self proclaim ruler. It is also a good profitable business for those brains sitting behind and remote controlling the hand to destroy the world peace. Fund is no problem for them since oil exploration in Arab world. The worst moment of all Olympic was the Munich Massacre

September. 5, 1972, when a group of Palestinian terrorists stormed the Olympic village and took hostage 11 Israeli athletes and coaches.

The standoff lasted 16 hours, ending in a botched rescue attempt. By the time it was over, all 11 hostages and a German police officer were dead.

There was talk of halting the games right then, but IOC president Avery Brundage determined that could not happen.

"I am sure the public will agree that we cannot allow a handful of terrorists to destroy this nucleus of international cooperation and goodwill we have in the Olympic movement," he said to a crowd of 80,000 attending a memorial service inside the Olympic Stadium. "The Games must go on."

2.            Boycott in 1980 and 1984

Era of cold war USA, West Germany and some other country partially boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan and four years. In return Soviet Union and 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies of the Soviet Union boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

3.            Ben Johnson

On September 24 1988, Johnson beat Carl Lewis in the 100m final at the Olympics, lowering his own world record to 9.79 seconds.  However, Johnson's urine samples were found to contain stanozolol, and he was disqualified three days later.

4.            Marian Jones

She was having a smile that could kill a million and I was too ardent for of her. She always asked too much, may be some of those are beyond her capacity yet she was gone for it. Finally all she got not only for her  enormous talent, there was something else.  At the 2000 Olympics sprinter Marion Jones raced into the history books as the first woman to claim five medals in a single Games, three of them gold. Eight years later, Jones is headline news again - sentenced to serve six months in jail for lying to investigators after admitting her golden achievements in Sydney were fuelled by steroid abuse.

5.            Black Panther salute

In 1968 summer Olympic in Mexico City,  two Americans, Tommie Smith and John Carlos who won gold and bronze in 200 meters dash,  while standing on the medal podium raised their black-gloved fists firmly in the air, is arguably the singular most iconic image an Olympic Games has ever produced. Smith and Carlos insist the gesture was an homage to human rights, not solely a black power salute.

6.            US basketball team gets robbed

The USA men's basketball team seemed to have won a gold medal in Munich in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Inexplicably, game officials gave the Soviet Union three straight chances to inbounds the ball with 3 seconds left, despite the clock running out twice. The Soviets got a basket to win 51-50 as time expired.

7.            Korean boxing fix

At the 1988 Games, he represented the United States in the light middleweight division. Jones won every round in dominant fashion to reach the finals. The final was no different as Jones outlanded his South Korean opponent Park Si-Hun 86-32. Unfortunately, the judges were either pressured, coerced or bribed to favor the local fighter and awarded Park an indefensible 3- 2 decision. One judge admitted the decision was a mistake and all three judges ended up being suspended.

Currently concluded London Olympic also having a fair share of controversies

8.            Badminton Scandal

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) disqualified eight badminton players from the women's doubles event at the London Olympics after being accused of "throwing away matches" for favourable draw in the knockout rounds. Two teams from South Korea and one each from China and Indonesia were disqualified for intentionally playing bad shots to throw away matches, which was not in the spirit of the Games.

9.            Boxing Woes

Indian boxer Vikas Krishan’s  joy was short-lived as the International Boxing Association (AIBA) overturned the result of his pre-quarterfinal bout, just five hours after he had won against America's Errol Spence. The 20-year-old Indian had won 13-11 over Errol Spence of United States in a thrilling contest but in a dramatic turn of events, the AIBA declared the result 15-13 in favour of the American after the review of the match following an appeal from the U.S. team. They cited fouls committed by the Indian for the result overturn.

10.       Delayed clock

Korean fencer Shin A-Lam alleged that she was robbed off an Olympic medal in the women's epee. A delayed clock that caused her to lose during the London 2012 Olympic Games' Women's Epee Individual Fencing Semifinals, July 30, 2012. Germany's Britta Heidemann scored the final point with one second left on the clock to win against Shin, whose appeal to the technical director was rejected. Shin claimed that a timekeeping mishap allowed her opponent extra time to strike and refused to leave the piste for 75 minutes following the match

!!!Often Oly continues sans the Olive Branch.!!!