Biggest breaches of sportsmanship at an Olympics

A Cuban tae kwon do athlete committed one of the biggest breaches of sportsmanship at an Olympics, kicking a referee in the face in anger after he was disqualified from his match Saturday.




Chakir Chelbat learned that the hard way Saturday. The Swedish ref was kicked in the face by Cuba's Angel Matos, one of the competitors in a bronze-medal match.
Matos was mad because he had been disqualified, so he kicked up a storm.
Naturally, the World Taekwondo Federation wasn't pleased and recommended Matos be banned for life.
"We didn't expect anything like what you have witnessed to occur," said WTF secretary general Yang Jin-suk. "I am at a loss for words."
Yang also recommended Matos' coach be banned.

Matos was winning, 3-2, with 1:02 left in the second round, when he fell to the mat after being hit by his opponent, Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov. Matos was sitting there, awaiting medical attention, when he was disqualified for taking too much injury time. Fighters get one minute.
Matos angrily questioned the call, pushed a judge, then pushed and kicked Chelbat, who required stitches in his lip. Matos spat on the floor and was escorted out.