(올림픽) 블레이드러너 그리고 한중 배드민튼 망신
(올림픽) 블레이드러너 그리고 한중 배드민튼 망신
There is an Olympic Scandal today with a twist!
Athletes trying to lose.
That’s just ahead!
It’s hard to believe an Olympic athlete would try to lose.
But that is what happened in women’s badminton.
Look at this!
Players going thru the motions yesterday, hitting the birdie셔틀콕 out of bounce on purpose.
They threw their matches hoping to face an easier opponent in the next round. But instead,
4 doubles teams were kicked out.
2 from S Korea. 1 from China and another from Indonesia!
You can bet that Oscar Pistorius will give his all in the 400-meter dash질주.
The South African sprinter has quite a story.
And we asked Mike Philips to introduce us.
Of all the battles athletes fight to get to an Olympic games, none has been greater than those fought by Oscar Pistorius.
He is the only athlete here who doesn't just take off his street shoes and put on his track shoes to run,
he takes off his street legs and puts on his track legs.
They call him the blade runner.
Born with deformed limbs, his running blades may be the most controversial pieces of equipment in sports.
As long as Pistorius was running on the Para Olympic circuit, nobody complained.
But now that he's won an court battle
and can run against able-bodied athletes,
the question is not whether the artificial legs slow him down,
but whether they speed him up.
He finished second in a pre-Olympic warm-up meet in Italy.
Not just the blades aren't the issue.
Some say he is also lighter without lower limbs, and so potentially faster.
Oscar Pistorius won't win any medals, getting here was his victory.
But apart from the big track stars,
he may well be one of the most watched athletes at these games.