This shall be the highlight for the end of beijing olympic 2008. i got myself a shock when i saw this being reported in “today in Beijing” on channel 5. Matos, a cuban player executed a high roundhouse kick in the referee’s head when he was disqualified for exceeding the 1 min of injury time given. as a tkd practioner, i felt that this is an insult to the tkd spirit. not only this guy gets stripped off and banned from tkd, it reflects bad on the sport as well.

in life, we cannot expect to win all the time. and no one is able to do so as there is always someone better out there. we’ve got to learn to accept defeat, learn from our mistakes and enjoy it the sport. if one is able to win all the time, goingto genting would be a better way out… this way, he is able to win tons of money…

also, being a sportsmen should be able to control their furstrations… throughout the olympics, i’ve seen numerous sportsmen/women lost their match because they could not stay calm and control themselves. i understand that this is really hard under that kind of stress and situation. however its the basic spirit to accept win and loss graciously. i seriously hope the panel do not remove taekwondo from future olympics events because of this incident.