It was a bronze medal match and the Cuban Matos Angel Valodia was leading 3-2 against the guy from Kazakhstan. Then he injured his toe or feet (or leg). And the physios came to give treatment. But according to the regulation, you need to finish the treatment within 60 seconds.

And the Cuban’s treatment lasted more than that. He stood up AFTER the bell rang. His coach and him were very unhappy and angry…….argued with the Swedish judge……. but after about 1-2 minutes pause, the judge awarded the match to the guy from Kazakhstan.

Suddenly, the huge Cuban gave a roundhouse kick to the face of the Swedish judge.

=_= WTF !? (this doens’t stand for World Taekwondo Federation) You represented your country and now you brought shame to your country. If he did not attack the judge, he might have a chance of filing an appeal. And what was his idiotic coach doing?! The coach should be stopping him but the coach didn’t!

This was such a disgrade, such a shame. I used to learn Taekwondo, though i seriously sux at it, and i know that anyone who learns Taekwondo should never use our skills unnecessarily except for self-defense or competition purpose.

As a result, both the coach and the Cuban are banned for life from World Taekwondo Federation. Well done. Bravo. You 2 have brought shame to your country,

Here’s the match report if you’re interested – http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/TK/C73/TKM180252.shtml#TKM180252

And here’s the coverage from Guardian UK – http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/23/olympics.cubanattacksref