Furious Mongolian coaches strip off in protest over bronze medal wrestling reversal
Two Mongolian coaches stripped off and hurled their shoes in protest on Sunday after their wrestler Mandakhnaran Ganzorig was denied victory for running away from his Uzbek opponent in the dying seconds of their bronze medal contest.
Two Mongolian coaches stripped off and hurled their shoes in protest on Sunday after their wrestler Mandakhnaran Ganzorig was denied victory for running away from his Uzbek opponent in the dying seconds of their bronze medal contest.
Ganzorig, leading Ikhtiyor Navruzov by seven points to six, taunted his opponent by dancing around him in the last 18 seconds of their 65kg match and was then carried around the ring in triumph by one of his coaches.
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But the judges then adjusted the score to 7-7, penalising the Mongolian for “fleeing the hold”, or refusing to engage with his opponent.
Ganzorig crouched head down on the mat in disbelief at the reversal as both coaches advanced towards the judges, stripped off their shirts and shoes and hurled them to the floor.