Swedish Wrestler got screwed......

[yashar_fasihnia]

is he originally iranian or somethinig?? his name is misleading and so are his looks..

[Shamim]

is he originally iranian or somethinig?? his name is misleading and so are his looks..

He is originally armenian.

[KC McElroy]

Ali jan.. Of course he did the right thing. I have never seen so much bad judge and corruption in wrestling in my entire life. It makes me so SICK and MAD.!!!!
If the Italian guy had lost the game, the popular Russian wrestler (Mishin) had been out of the competition (Bronze Medal).''
I have met Ara few time also in world championships, he is a nice guy. He did the right thing.

Watch an Iran vs arab team soccer game.

[persianbruin]

apparently the IOC has stripped him of his medal which makes me think, didnt he already do that himself!!!!!!!!!!!?????????

[Haf3z]

This isn't the first time it happens to him. He was "politically stopped" from winning a gold medal in Athens 4 years ago and he eventually won a silver medal. He quit professional wrestling after the olympics in 2004 but decided to come back for the Beijing 2008 olympics just to win. He knew he could do it as he has won over the other competitors in the world championships earlier.

He said that it felt wrong to accept the bronze medal, and that he would have thrown it away even if he had taken it and kept it at the ceremony.

[Shervin.]

its been taken off youtube, try here:

http://home.theundergroundcity.com/k...ortType=rating

[Türküm]

He is originally armenian.

ya thats what makes me more upset that he got screwed

[tashakor]

Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled that Ara Abrahamian was wrongfully deducted a point.

Ara Abrahamian of Sweden complained to CAS that a penalty in the second round of his 84-kilogram bout on Aug. 14 against Italian Andrea Minguzzi wasn’t assessed until after the round ended. Once factored in, Abrahamian automatically lost the match. Minguzzi went on to win the gold medal.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/bei...v=ap&type=lgns