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    ANGRY SWEDISH WRESTLER TO HAVE PENALTY CASE REVIEWED

    Toronto Star
    Aug 20 2008
    Canada

    BEIJING-Wrestler Ara Abrahamian and his country's Olympic committee
    asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to investigate a controversial
    semifinal bout that so incensed the Swede that he dropped his bronze
    medal in disgust and eventually had it stripped by the IOC.

    CAS said Wednesday that a hearing will be held on Friday in Beijing
    after it received a request from the National Olympic Committee
    of Sweden and from Abrahamian against the International Wrestling
    Federation.

    The Geneva-based CAS said in a statement that it will decide whether
    the international federation's consideration of Abrahamian and the
    Swedish Olympic committee's requests "to change the result of the
    bout and to sanction the officials in the bout comply with the Olympic
    charter and FILA's own internal rules."

    CAS said Abrahamian and the Olympic committee "do not seek from the
    CAS any particular relief" regarding the ranking of the medals for
    the event, or a review of the IOC to exclude Abrahamian from the games.

    Last Friday, the IOC disqualified Abrahamian and stripped his bronze
    medal for dropping the medal in protest after Thursday's disputed
    loss. He was punished by the IOC for violating the spirit of fair
    play during the medal ceremony.

    Abrahamian was upset that a disputed penalty call decided his semifinal
    match against Andrea Minguzzi of Italy, who went on to win the gold
    medal in the Greco-Roman 84-kilogram division.

    During the medal ceremony, the Armenian-born Abrahamian - who also
    lost a 2004 Olympic semifinal match on a disputed call - took the
    bronze from around his neck and dropped it on the mat as he walked
    away. He did not take part in the rest of the medal ceremony.

    The IOC executive board ruled Abrahamian's actions amounted to
    a political demonstration and a mark of disrespect to his fellow
    athletes.

    The 28-year-old Abrahamian had to be restrained from going after
    matside officials following his loss to Minguzzi. He stormed away
    from the area where interviews are conducted and slammed a door to
    the dressing rooms.
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