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Just click the link, watch the video and see who wins. Granted, the match was overturned, but it’s obvious, boxing is just over. After Satoshi Shimizu knocked down Azerbaijan’s Magomed Abdulhamidov repeatedly, not one was called a knockdown. (Deadspin – Satoshi Shimizu)
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No… not a new Olympic sport (although I can think of some countries that could produce gold medal contenders), but it turns out that in Korea, late night snack sales are getting a big Olympic boost. Dried squid, beer, and crunchy treats are helping Korean sports fans make it through the 24 hours of news from London. No wonder everyone is glued to their Samsung screens! South Korea has been racking up the medals, despite some setbacks, with the current count at 12. That gives them a third place ranking in medal acquisitions, behind #2 USA (30 with 13 golds), and #1 China (30 with 17 golds). Koreans take their Olympics seriously. We know that their fencers do! Shin Lam was following in a South Korean Olympic  tradition of exhibiting Olympic han when wronged. Back in the 1998 Seoul Olympics, Byun Jong-Il led the way, staging a tearful sit-in when a controversial call had been made, although, it was later suspected that some Korean-born corruption was involved. Han is a multi-facted and dangerous beast… Do yourself a karmic favor to ward it off and buy a Korean a beer. (KBS World)  
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Ariel Hsing at 16 nearly beats #2 woman from China in the Olympics. It’ll yield no medals, but her efforts are a sign that she could be a champion, unless college gets in the way. Unlike the past where the entire US team was made of Chinese born players, the Chinese girls on the US team are US born. Time to pay attention to ping pong. (NY Times – Ariel Hsing)
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This is what it feels like when your country gets the “all look same” diss on an international stage.  Moments before this photo was taken, this guy was on his feet, cheering for the North Korean women’s soccer teaming walking onto the pitch, next to a giant North Korean flag. That was before he looked at the massive screen introducing the players, portraits and names to the left of the SOUTH Korean flag! Super bummer time. The North Korean team left the pitch for over an hour while North Korean officials reamed the Olympics organizers and demanded apologies, resolutions and gave them a reminder that “all look same” is no bueno for these feuding neighbors. The blame is falling on the guy who produced the video for the match, but it seems like someone, at some point, should have caught the error. Doubtful it was some kind of political commentary on the unification of the Koreas… (BBC News)
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