http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/olympic.embrace/index.html

Olympic shooters hug as their countries do battle

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Russia's Natalia Paderina and Georgia's Nino Salukvadze hugged after winning Olympic silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the women's 10-meter air pistol competition.

The rivals kissed each other on the cheek after standing on the medal podium with China's Guo Wenjun, who won the gold medal in the event.

Waving flower bouquets high, the women smiled broadly at the audience.

"If the world were to draw any lessons from what I did, there would never be any wars," Salukvadze, 39, said afterward, according to media reports. The reports described the two as friends.

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Wow.

I thought you were referring to the mens 4x100m relay team who's waving to the crowd and joking around while the Australian team's national anthem is playing for winning the bronze.

uh they didn't play Australia's national anthem...are you on some anti-american rant tonight?

No doubt. gazelle's a hater tonight.

That's beautiful

gazelle, they only play the anthem of the gold metal country

Oops! Well, they WERE honoring the Australian team and the US team was being disrespectful in my opinion. I assumed the anthem was playing, but you're right about that.

gazelle is hitler

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"If the world were to draw any lessons from what I did, there would never be any wars,"

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Kind of ironic after a shooting competition.

I'm Hitler for stating I found the American team to be disrespectful?

Yeah, that's EXACTLY what Hitler did.

Have the French surrendered yet?

gazelle's got some issues

Yeah, my issue is with athletes showing proper respect for their competitors and with people like you who don't seem to appreciate this. If it were another country standing around goofing off while the US team was being given their proper credit, you'd be up in arms about it. All I ask is that we don't hold a double standard just because it's our team.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/wrestling/news/story?id=3534446

How about this clown that stormed off the podium and tossed his bronze medal to the ground?

Yeah, Ninja, I think that is definitely the ultimate example of poor sportsmanship we can all agree on. That is pathetic, what an embarrassment to his nation.