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Wednesday, August 25, 2004
3:29 PM

Not-So-Precious Medal

Those of you who have been following the Olympics have no doubt heard all the controversy about Paul Hamm, Yang Tae-Young and the mis-scoring of Young's parallel bars routine which caused him to win the bronze instead of the gold. As you have also heard, many are demanding that Hamm return his gold medal in light of the controversy (yeah right, like he was the cause of the problem instead of the Judges!).

However, after reading the news this morning, I would submit that there is at least one other athlete who needs to return his medal way before Hamm. Specifically, I think that Dutch rower Simon Diederik should be first in line. Why you ask? Because he left his silver medal in a taxi. Yes, you read that right. In a taxi! Here's the story: Lost Silver Medal.

Now I know we can all be absent-minded and we have all lost things from time to time, but this is an Olympic Medal! After training presumably for years, qualifying, competing and winning, he left it in a cab. Doh! Clearly he didn't make the Olympic team based on smarts. (I know I am cursing myself to lose something really important - probably tonight!) Methinks that this Olympic competitor partook of a bit too much Ouzo after winning. I do hope that Mr. Diederik doesn't have any children.

I think that the Olympic rules need to be amended to read that if you win a medal but then misplace it in a foolish manner, you automatically forfeit the medal.

But snaps to the cab driver who actually returned it. I think he should get to keep it.

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