Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
The Swedish hurdler - she's pretty, so they had a long close-up of her before the race and talked about her ... I did feel bad for her, but loved that the Jamaican hurdler afterwards went to to her as she was leaving the stadium and told her to hold her chin up, these things happen, and not to feel too badly. THAT was good sportsmanship, IMHO.
She was a doll and I loved her hair.

Did you know that the IOC give out a 'sportsmanship" medal?

I saw where a Canuck sailor won it once for giving up his chance to win a medal when he saved two other competitors whose boats had capsized!

Another "SMS" medal went to a guy who was running the marathon and was in first place when some nut ran out from the crowd and tackle him. He did get a bronze medal after the incident-He managed to get away from his attacker, but his legs seized up and he ended up getting passed in the last part of the run.