Today I am not glad about being Cuban.
I saw how Cuban taekwondo fighter Ángel Matos went crazy and kicked the Swedish referee Chakir Chelbat when the Cuban was declared the loser of the bronze match for taking more than the allowed 60 seconds of injury time after he hurt his foot.
The Cuban coach Leudis González refused to apologize for Matos' actions and criticized the referee saying: "He was too strict." The World Taekwondo Federation announced lifetime bans for both Matos and González for "a strong violation of the spirit of taekwondo and the Olympics."
I can agree that in this Olympics there have been scandals in sports where the referee may take a subjective decision. But reactions like Matos' are absolutely unacceptable! Sadly most Cuban official mediums are keeping hermetic silence about this embarrasing situation. The site Vanguardia from my home town Santa Clara wrote a short note wihtout any explanation of the reason for which Matos was declared loser.
Any Cuban official reading this can take a look how Ara Abrahamian lost his chance to the gold medal in the 84 kg class. He protested and threw away the bronze medal with Honor without hurting anybody!
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