Murofushi to receive hammer throw bronze after doping ruling

Thursday 11th December, 07:07 AM JST

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Heda_Madness at 03:23 PM JST - 11th December

Because the other guys cheated and got caught, Murafushi is now a winner by default? Interesting logic.
timorborder at 03:36 PM JST - 11th December

Third time lucky? This is the 2nd time that Murafushi has had his Olympic moment stolen from him by drug cheats. In 2004 there was that Hungarian chappy, and in Beijing there were these 2 goons.

Without bashing the Japanese media (which I do regularly anyway), there is nothing they can do in terms of honoring this guy that could replace his lost Olympic moments. What a shame.
Sarge at 03:48 PM JST - 11th December

Good for him!
timeon at 06:51 PM JST - 11th December

he's not lucky at all, actually he's very unlucky to be cheated so many times by unscrupulous bastards.
unscrejects at 09:18 PM JST - 11th December

Oh not again!!!!! This is corruption. His second medal thanks to the cosy relationship between Japanese boosters and that African head of the IAAF. This is disgusting. Athens - they tested the eastern Europeans three times after the games and found nothing. But insisted on harrassing them for a month eventually giving a medal to murofushi - the other athletes refused to return theirs. And this time they do what? Guessed right - the very same thing. I quit track and field and concentrated on road racing for this very fact, the IAAF is a disgustingly corrupt institution. Doping is all they moan about but the officials are reeking. In 2004 the JOC had a poster with murofushi as the gold medal winner - a month before the games. The poster is still available.
Hotbox08 at 09:25 PM JST - 11th December

I guess the two guys who placed above Murofushi get to keep the gold and "luckily" get the silver, huh? Why no mention of their names? Unlucky for the fourth place finisher as well, huh?
billclinton at 11:00 PM JST - 11th December

Sarge old buddy, you got it right. Good for him.

Bill
Blue_Tiger at 12:26 AM JST - 12th December

Once again, Murofushi - who couldn't win the medal outright - has to win by default, and be awarded a medal, rather than actually winning it. Pretty pathetic. If it were me in this situation, I'd be embarrassed to be awarded a second medal (rather undeservedly) that I didn't really win. To win by defeating the opposition is one thing; to win at the hands of a committee is totally another.
Blue_Tiger at 12:29 AM JST - 12th December

Add in: I wonder if Murofushi's head will swell up this time around like it did the last time he was awarded a medal? I heard him on one program actually boast about how "good" his Athens throws were, despite the fact that they weren't good enough to win the gold outright. Hopefully, he'll be smart enough to keep his trap shut and his head below the clouds this time around, thanks to him only being awarded a bronze (but then again, when has Murofushi been accused of being "smart"?)....
BlackFlag at 12:30 AM JST - 12th December

To win by defeating the opposition is one thing

not when the opposition are cheating. he was a clean athlete, they weren't. he deserves it
Blue_Tiger at 12:52 AM JST - 12th December

I really would like to see the full results of the tests for the two men who were stripped. Did they truly have testosterone in their tests? Or was this a case of pointing fingers on the part of the Japanese Olympic Committee, as in 2004 when they accused Adrian Abnnus of doping, and held enough sway to demand him to be tested under severe conditions after he'd already gone home to Hungary?

BlackFlag, Murofushi may have been awarded the bronze, but he neither won it, nor truly deserves it, and if I were in his shoes, I'd refuse it altogether. I'm pretty sure he own't, and, as in 2004 to the run-up to the Beijing Games, I expect Murofushi's head to swell, him boasting of some Olympic Glory he neither earned nor won.
cleo at 01:16 AM JST - 12th December

despite the fact that they weren't good enough to win the gold outright. Hopefully, he'll be smart enough to keep his trap shut

I would think your throws would have to be pretty good to get a bronze at Olympic level.
ca1ic0cat at 03:19 AM JST - 12th December

why wouldn't he deserve the bronze, glue Tiger? Are you going to throw better than he does? The JOC might push the matter with the IOC but the tests are well understood and accurate. The two guys were cheats. Get over it.
judochick at 12:36 PM JST - 12th December

he's not lucky at all, actually he's very unlucky to be cheated so many times by unscrupulous bastards.

right on!!!
Hotbox08 at 09:43 PM JST - 12th December

Or was this a case of pointing fingers on the part of the Japanese Olympic Committee,

While you are at it. You should also mention finger-pointing by Hungary then. Since Krisztian Pars, who placed fourth in the Hammer-throw, is in line to get the silver. But go ahead with your racist rant.