Cuban Matos Kicks the Referee in the face Video
Cuban taekwondo Angel Valodia Matos has attacked a referee in a dramatic final session of competition at the Beijing Olympics and was instantly given a lifetime ban from international competition.
The 31-year-old Cuban erupted when he was sent off for taking too much injury time in the middle of the second round of his +80 kilogram bout against world silver medallist Arman Chilmanov of Kazakhstan.
The World Taekwondo Federation immediately said Matos and his coach would be permanently barred from all championships it promotes.
"This is a strong violation of the spirit of taekwondo and the Olympic Games," the announcer said in the stadium reading from a World Taekwondo Federation statement.
The 31-year-old Cuban erupted when he was sent off for taking too much injury time in the middle of the second round of his +80 kilogram bout against world silver medallist Arman Chilmanov of Kazakhstan.
The World Taekwondo Federation immediately said Matos and his coach would be permanently barred from all championships it promotes.
"This is a strong violation of the spirit of taekwondo and the Olympic Games," the announcer said in the stadium reading from a World Taekwondo Federation statement.
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