ATHENS (Reuters) - Shawn Crawford led an American sweep of Olympic medals in the 200 metres in Athens, ignoring the jeers of a hostile crowd livid that their local hero was not on the starting line after missing a doping test.
ok wait for it.... wait for it
The packed 75,000 crowd at the Olympic Stadium began chanting "Kenteris, Kenteris!" and "Hellas, Hellas!", holding up the start of the race by about five minutes
Screw ethical competition
Costas Kenteris, Greece's 2000 Olympic champion in the event, withdrew from the Games after missing a drugs test in mysterious circumstances the day before the opening ceremony.
The drugs scandal, which also involved Greek women's sprinter Katerina Thanou, has overshadowed the Athens Olympics ever since and split public opinion in Greece.
and how did our arrogant americans take this?
The American said his coach had warned the trio that the crowd would be hostile.
Crawford denied fellow American Justin Gatlin an Olympic sprint double as he stormed to victory in 19.79 seconds. Silver went to Bernard Williams (20.01) with Gatlin, the 100m winner, taking the bronze (20.03).
"It didn't disturb us," Gatlin added of the protest. "We got all three medals. We kept our composure. We didn't want anyone to sneak in to get one of those medals."
It was the first American clean sweep since 1984 and the trio all ran substantially quicker on Thursday than Kenteris's winning time in Sydney.
but, hey i will give one appropriate booing to the greek fans
Crowds have booed American athletes on several occasions during the Games in Athens, and at the basketball on Thursday the U.S. team were jeered off the floor after an ill-tempered 102-94 quarter-final win over Spain.
Thursday, August 26, 2004
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