Results for - Hot topics August 3, 2012 London Olympics - Badminton controversy and Michael Phelps historic medal achievement
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1. Michael Phelps is the most medaled Olympian; yet swimming affords the greatest number of medaling options over other sports like gymnastics, etc. Place your vote for the greatest Olympian of all time?Usain Bolt - Jamaican - fastest man alive | 13.01% | 73 votesNadia Comaneci - Romanian - perfect 10 | 10.70% | 60 votesClara Huges – Canadian - medaled in both summer and winter Olympics | 7.84% | 44 votesLarisa Latynina – Soviet - recipient of 18 medals in gymnastics and remains recipient of most individual medals | 3.03% | 17 votesCarl Lewis - American - 10 medals, 9 gold for short track, named Olympian of the Century by Sports Illustrated | 9.27% | 52 votesPaavo Nurmi - Finland - 1920's - won 9 golds, three silvers in middle distance running - kicked out from future Olympics because he received money for travel expenses | 1.78% | 10 votesMichael Phelps - American - most decorated medalist of all time | 18.18% | 102 votesJesse Owens – African American - 4 golds in 1936 in Berlin during Nazi Germany's Aryan rule | 7.84% | 44 votesNot following this | 26.56% | 149 votesOther (please specify) | 1.78% | 10 votes
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2. Badminton match fixing scandal saw one women’s team from China, two from south Korea and one from Indonesia get kicked out. Have your say.They should not have been kicked out. They were playing to win; the round robin style was added to the game for the first time | 19.25% | 108 votesThey should have been kicked out. Throwing a game is poor sportsmanship and does not belong in the Olympic arena | 41.89% | 235 votesNot following this | 38.86% | 218 votes
Added: 08/02/2012 | In: Sports | Worth: 10 points
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Very poor sportsmanship!!!
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they should be there to try to win not fix the games why go if you don't want to win
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Do not watch!
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