Thursday, September 11, 2008

Low Jump

Ivan Ukhov's less-than-graceful attempt at the opening high jump height may have gotten him banned for a year from the sport. He'll have plenty of time to chill out an have a drink then...

The athlete was told by officials to pull out of the competition because he was drunk. Just watch him wobble and sway before failing. Wow. The Russian athletics federation will discuss his case later this month, and he's not getting much support from the team's coach. “By competing in such a condition, he has disgraced all Russian track and field athletes. I will ask our federation to suspend Ukhov for a year.”

Like any sport, athletes should be able to be on drugs or take them recreationally as long as they can still perform. But this, well...get your shit together man!

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