Did You See the Man Who Threw a Bottle at Usain Bolt Before the 100M? Well, Meet the Olympic Judo Champ Who Punched Him
- Posted on August 6, 2012 at 8:54am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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LONDON (The Blaze/AP) — Olympic officials on Monday sharply criticized a man arrested for throwing a plastic bottle on the Olympic track before Sunday‘s men’s 100-meter final, but competitors said the unpleasant incident did not affect the showcase event.
Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London organizing committee, said there would be “zero tolerance” for anti-social behavior.
“Throwing a bottle on to the field of play is unacceptable, it’s not just unacceptable at an Olympics Games but at any sporting event and anybody who does that will be removed,” he said.
Officials said the incident had no impact on the race itself.
London police say they have arrested the man, who has not been identified or charged. The suspect was being held Monday morning at a police station in east London on suspicion of causing a public nuisance.
The suspect was reportedly hit by a Dutch judo champion after he threw the bottle on the track moments before the start of the 100-meter final.
Netherlands' bronze medalist Edith Bosch celebrates on the podium of the women's -70kg judo contest match of the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 1, 2012 at the ExCel arena in London. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 01: Edith Bosch of Netherlands competes against Ye-Sul Hwang of Korea in the Women's -70 kg Judo on Day 5 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at ExCeL on August 1, 2012 in London, England.Credit: Getty Images
Edith Bosch, the judo champion, told Dutch television reporters she acted out of disappointment and anger. She said she had seen the man acting in an unusual way before he threw the bottle.
“I had seen the man walking around earlier and said to people around me that he was a peculiar bloke,” she said. “Then he threw that bottle and in my emotion I hit him on the back with the flat of my hand.”
Bosch won a silver medal in Athens in 2004 and a bronze medal at this year’s games.
Coe said there was some “poetic justice” in the fact that the suspect happened to be sitting next to an accomplished judo star.
He cautioned, however, that he was not suggesting a vigilante response.
Police said the man had shouted abuse before hurling the bottle just before the race began.
Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter who won the race, said he was unaware of the incident, but U.S. sprinter Justin Gatlin, who won the bronze medal, said he had been a bit distracted when the bottle was thrown.
“But when you‘re in those blocks and the whole stadium’s quiet you can hear a pin drop,” he said, adding that he did not think the race had been affected.
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Comments (72)
wakewiseone
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 6:18pmhit him with the flat of your hand…………..a wasted effort.
should have used a louisville slugger…………..ash or maple.
Report Post »sasquatch08
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:52amApparently you understand nothing of open hand strikes.
Many of them are lethal.
Report Post »strewth_cobber
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:33pmIt worked for Maxwell Smart.
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:11pm“Apparently you understand nothing of open hand strikes. ”
Shhhhhh. Don’t tell everyone! It’s nice to be undersetimated….
Report Post »Wigglypoff
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 5:04pmAssault does not involve contact; your thinking of battery. Btw coward sit back and watch crimes occur; they’ll never affect you. Yes, the throwing of a bottle in the manner in which he did was a crime.
Report Post »Thomas_Jefferson_philosophy
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 3:50pmI‘m sure he didn’t do it on his own…
Report Post »may I quote (in a way): “if you’re a bottle thrower, you didn’t throw that bottle, somebody else made that happen, you had to take a road and maybe a bridge to get there, so you didn’t throw that on your own”
B. Obama
GlennBeckFTW
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:05pmLol
Report Post »blair152
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 3:46pmIt brings new meaning to the phrase “Going Dutch.” :)
Report Post »superinfidel
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 3:32pmPeople are idiots.
Report Post »jamestoms
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 2:14pmFilled with filth like Obama…PIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »captgeobob
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 1:10pmChicago is uncontrollable and has become a war zone. Don’t believe me? Go see for yourself if you have the courage.
Report Post »IMAWAKENOW
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 2:24pmI’m going next week, I’ll let you know how it went.
Report Post »hjablo
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:18pmDid you see the two Black Muslims standing outside of a Pennsylvania voting place with clubs in their hands?. Did you hear the President of Iran, talk about the wish for mass murder? . Did you ever listen to hate diatribe by that nut case Farakan?. Black on black shootings in Chicago and NYC are way up, I guess that some white conservatives have been causing all of this. I think that it’s time for people like you to wake up, not smell the roses, but look at the color shade, before you make idiotic comments !. Independent voting guy.
Report Post »dazedandamazed
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:08pmTell me you are not really that stupid?
Report Post »nametabs
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 1:04pmEinstien suggested 2 things may be infinite; The universe and human stupidity, and he was not sure about the universe.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:06pmWhy wonder, have you seen the the 468 blacks killed by other blacks this year in the city of Chicago ? And the media’s not reporting it ???? Oh and by the way it’s the city with the strictest gun laws in the country…….oh that’s right, you don’t care as long as its blacks killing blacks, just can’t be a white Hispanic……..POS.
Report Post »whywonder
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:44pmPaperboy
Report Post »I must’ve spoke truth my post is gone. I see your point and agree but that was not my point.
patriotinoh
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:46amWhen the olympics were all amateurs, the Soviet bloc country athletes sent there best while we sent true amateurs. The results were always stacked in there favor. They were professionals in every sense of the word. Vasili Elexiev , one of the greatest weight lifters of all time had his profession listed as a baker! Yeah ! I bet he baked a lot of bread!
Report Post »DragoonChris
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 2:12pm“Their”, not “there”.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 3:22pmThe East Bloc had the government pay for all of their athletes to train and avoid paying them. That was the loophole they used.
Report Post »Tickdog
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:40amlol!
Report Post »JBaer
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:26am“Coe said there was some “poetic justice” in the fact that the suspect happened to be sitting next to an accomplished judo star.”
Indeed!!
Report Post »nowonuno
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 8:08pmThat should be enough to bump her from bronze to silver. Gold would require a take down.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:05am…
Report Post »Why do they even serve beer at the Olympics? A lot of kids watch the Olympics and are inspired by the experience.
The fans and the athletes should all be on their best behavior and act like role models.
JohnnyBrillcream
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:09am“The fans and the athletes should all be on their best behavior and act like role models.”
Dude, what planet do you live on? Fights break out at Little League games
Report Post »hayesstephen
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:44amHey lets outlaw all beer sales? They sell beer because generates a lot of money that why and people enjoy beer. Oh wait in our world if one person does something like drink a beer and throws the bottle well that’s it, no more beer sales in the entire country. The next games there won’t be any beer sales within a two mile ban zone.
Report Post »scrudge
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:57amAh Yes….. wake up…. its all about MONEY…. sports are secondary… except for the beach ball BIKINIS
Report Post »yardie
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:30pmHe is very lucky that a jamaican was not beside at the time, we don’t play those games with our athletes
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:58am…
The Dutch judo champion Edith Bosch should be charged with assault as well. In martial arts, your hands are considered a deadly weapon, and are only to be used in sanctioned competitions and self defense.
Edith Bosch used her deadly weapon to hit a guy who threw a bottle. She was not in danger. She was not defending herself. She should be in a cell right next to the jerk who threw the bottle. She should have let security take care of the bottle thrower.
Edith Bosch, we all get disappointed and angry with our fellow man, but we don’t go around punching them.
Report Post »BrotherWill
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:14amReading your last two comments I want to punch you.
Report Post »b00x
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:35pmI think you’re confusing judo with karate. At any rate, your comment was deadly stupid.
Report Post »VinnieSquawker
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 1:04pmBrotherwill and Boox, yes. ‘Tis amazing. Had the people on flight 93 waited for the “proper authorities” there would have been a plane run into the Capitol Building. Let’s roll, indeed! Too many people running from danger instead of towards it. Had people rushed the shooter in Colorado, there would have been fewer dead. “For your safety”. Puke
Report Post »Clutch
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 2:28pmYou do know Judo is probably the most passive Martial Art there is.. They don’t even strike… So I’d gladly take a “Judo Punch” than, say, one of my Muay Thai strikes.
Report Post »BrianL
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 3:59pmYou know nothing about Judo. Judo is a sport derived from jujitsu with NO strikes. Ways to win including throwing someone flat on their back for Ippon (full point), holding your opponent in the equivalent of a wrestling near fall position for 30 seconds, choking someone out or by arm bar submission.
Report Post »FREEDOMoverFEAR
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 4:29pmExactly we don’t go around punching people who deserve it, perhaps this is why they all act like jerks. I‘ve always been willing to go to jail for whoopin a man’s a.s.s who deserved it.
Report Post »piper22
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 4:57pmJudo is a sport descended from Japanese martial arts. It is not considered deadly unless you get choked by your hajib.
Report Post »Wigglypoff
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 4:57pmFirst of all assault does not involve physical contact; that’s battery u r thinking of. Next, no person should sit idle while bad things happen; coward. All those who would sit idle and allow a crime to occur r just as much to blame as the doer!!
Report Post »ezekiel22
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 7:30pmLeadnotfollow now understand your handle. You lead the way for others to become lemmings. Lack of action like you are suggesting has lead to an increased number of jerks like the one she hit.
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:31pmIn order to maintain complete control over a given population you must convince them that (among other things) “Justice” can only be decided and administered by “the proper authorities” as if Justice were a Legal word like Murder. It is not.
This is a path filled with danger. e.g. “You don’t need a gun to protect yourself, just dial 911.”
Report Post »It’s not terribly far from there to East Germany….
Gonzo
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:45amMight want to consider giving up the beer pal.
Report Post »Cesium
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:16pmWhy do you assume the contents of the bottle were beer?
Report Post »proliance
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:51pm@Cesium: FTA, “A spectator is detained by security after a beer bottle was thrown…”
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:52pm“A spectator is detained by security after a beer bottle was thrown on to the track during the start of the men’s 100 metres final”
Report Post »Because that’s what generally comes in a beer bottle?
term limits for congress
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:45amBeer bottles don’t hurt people. People hurt people. Ban people.
The judo girl walks free – there is no justice.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:38amElsewhere NOT in the news is the fact that for the first time in U.S. history and American won the gold in Judo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now let’s all get back to praising the Saudis for allowing a woman to compete in Judo while wearing a headscarf.
Report Post »perry1980
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:07amenjoy that jail cell fool
Report Post »BlasberryStrat
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:51amThe Olympics are (where) meant to have honor for the sports, Countries, and individual athletes for a short two weeks every four years. They where never meant for any sort of political agenda, and all differences put aside for the duration of the games. Not anymore. Heck, the U.S. teams don‘t have many of the ’truly best’ people on them. Now the only road to the Olympics is for those who (outside of talent) have the rich mommy, daddy, or sponsors that can get them to (and pay for) all the matches they have to have points at prior to even being looked at. After that it’s all about if “you are Nike material”. You’re thinking “White” “Carrot Top” being promotable?? You bet he is, with the perfect mix of LA Surfer / Hip Hop attitude, and Red Bull pays him more than Nike even has in their company. Notice how Phelps was dropped like yesterdays news after one poor choice, but we have a President who celebrated that “choice” and America says “Oh, he was just young back then”. It’s all about being “Nike material” in this Country.
Report Post »srtttu
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:04amReally!?!? Ridiculous. Your rant was a tad general and sweeping. You know what would make for an awesome Olympics is a bunch poorly trained athletes competing in sports they really don’t know anything about. No thanks, I’ll take capitalism funded athletes to train and compete on behalf of our country. Knucklehead.
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:11amDespite what YOU think or say, the USA leads in the medal count. I’m still a fan of MY country and the olympics.
Report Post »joey g
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:36amdid cass susteen resign?????????????????????????
Report Post »teebubba
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 4:02pmYeah….He got fed up with being accused of being too pro-business by his Marxist buddies.
Report Post »65Mustang
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:34amI was disgusted with the lack of the red, white and blue with stars on the warm-up suits. The color gray does nothing for the USA Gold medal winners. Showed a lack of pride.
Report Post »agateman10
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:26amChicken crap B. Attack from behind.Now she things she is someone.A low life B!
Report Post »Roberto G. Vasquez
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:38am@Agateman
Are you nuts or what? Better go see a shrink.
Report Post »Jim
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:58amA gate man, you are thinking of yourself.
Report Post »Certainperson
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:15amMy concern is the negative comment re: vigilante actions. Peesh! That’s about the only way any justice is going to be done. You call her a ‘low life B”? Because she slapped a low life creepy jerk? Heh! Sounds like you have much solidarity with the ‘slappee’.
Report Post »mixplix
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:19amThe Brits are not accustomed to discipline at sporing events where they riot on occasion and bristle when questioned about opening statements e.g.. “Are you ready for the Olympics” and are an authority on manners and protocol.
Report Post »DrunkGOP_Hack
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:15amI remember as a kid loving the Olympics.
Now with all the PRO fessionals partaking, frankly it sucks.
I see them everywhere and I really don’t want to see them in the Olympics.
US mens basket ball. REALLY? frigtard joke! Like who is going to be them? Then the arrogance like they worked hard to get to the Olympics.
Report Post »mixplix
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:23amWith you 100%.
Report Post »eric6161
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:34amThe communists started the trend to professionals competing in the Olympics. They had “schools” to teach the very best prospects they would select as children. You point out the American basketball team but you fail to point out all the Chinese athletes.
Report Post »srtttu
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:41amSo watch another sport. There are plenty of sports showcased in the Olympics that do not let professional athletes participate. Basketball shouldn’t be in Olympics anyway in my opinion, but because it is I simply don’t watch it. Swimming, diving, rowing, archery, and most other sports are as pure they are supposed to be. Of course you have to ignore competitors who throw matches to get a better draw in the next round.
Olympic cynicism is ridiculous. Watch it and enjoy it. It’s usually competition as its best, plus it provides us with another reason to be patriots and route for the good ol’ USA. If all you watch the Olympics for is basketball, maybe I should let you know that our professional league plays an extended season here every year. Try watching another sport and you might enjoy it, you bunch of grumps!
Report Post »capecoralM
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:50amAn athlete, professional or amateur, has worked for years and years to become the best they can be. The Olympics is a showcase of the best athletes pro or not correct? You want to see the best don’t you?
Report Post »srtttu
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:00amCape-The modern games were designed for amateur athletes, not ones paid to compete. Keeps it pure, supposedly. Drunkgop thinks we are unbeatable I guess even though Lithuania almost took us down.
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:10amERIC6161 for one of many whom remembers when the worlds amateurs tried to compete against the USSR .
Report Post »“ The communists started the trend to professionals competing in the Olympics ”
Machtyn
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:00pmYou do realize this happened yesterday, Beck and all the rest haven’t even on been air until just recently, TheBlaze, DrudgeReport, FoxNews, have all had coverage or linked to coverage of the incident.
Your ideology is blinding you.
Report Post »Inlightofthings
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:06pmI get why every person has the right to vote…but does internet access have to be provided to stupid people also?
http://necrometrics.com/pre1700a.htm
I did some research for you so you can wonder why people have been killing each other since the beginning of time. This is a sad day for all Americans and you type this trash…
Report Post »Inlightofthings
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:12pmThis was intended for you MACHTYN:
I get why every person has the right to vote…but does internet access have to be provided to stupid people also?
http://necrometrics.com/pre1700a.htm
I did some research for you so you can wonder why people have been killing each other since the beginning of time. This is a sad day for all Americans and you type this trash…
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