导出博客文章RIO DE JANEIRO -- In a world in turmoil, one thing never changes: the Olympic sport of losing gracefully.With a crisp, assured landing of his final somersault off the parallel bars, Oleg Verniaiev bumped Danell Leyva out of the gold-medal spot. Did the American curse? Turn his back? Roll his eyes in disgust? No. He firmly shook the Ukrainians chalk-covered hand, flashed a broad smile and embraced him.He didnt take anything away from me, Leyva said. He deserved that medal more than anything.With a hand on her shoulder and the words Get up, get up, we have to finish this, Abbey DAgostino persuaded Nikki Hamblin not to quit when they tripped over each other and hit the deck hard in qualifying of the womens 5,000-meters. An American and a New Zealander, perfect strangers, turning personal disaster into a triumph of Olympic goodwill.Isnt that just so amazing? Hamblin said. Im never going to forget that moment. When someone asks me what happened in Rio in 20 years time, thats my story.When troubled people seethe with hatred, gunning each other down in Rio de Janeiros favelas, stabbing fellow passengers on European trains and plowing through families on the seafront in Nice, France, with a 19-ton truck, it is genuinely comforting that 11,400 athletes from 205 nations can still come together for two weeks of Olympic competition and treat each other with such respect. They have gone at each other hammer and tongs in swimsuits, leotards and running shorts on fields of play but mostly been the picture of grace once done with competing.In the 1940s, author George Orwell scathingly wrote that serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting.Hearing British gymnast Amy Tinkler gush about the honor and privilege of competing against American Simone Biles surely would have tempered Orwells opinion. Tinklers score of 14.933 on the floor was good for gold until Biles bested that with a 15.966. Afterward, Tinkler still made a point of seeking out the now four-time gold medalist to give her hug. And she applauded when Aly Raisman posted 15.500 to bump Tinkler from silver to bronze. Just 16 and yet already oozing class seen too rarely from other athletes away from the games, most notably in professional soccer, who could do themselves some favors by following her example.Here, from Tinkler, common decency that would have to be extracted with forceps from the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo or Manchester Uniteds new coach, Jose Mourinho.I would have been happy whatever the result was, she said. All the gymnasts here are incredible and you have got to respect that. They have all worked just as hard as me to get to this place.In such fine company, sore losers stand out more than they would outside of the feel-good Olympic bubble. U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo labeling opponents a bunch of cowards would have made waves in any context. But the insult, aimed at Sweden after a penalty shoot-out loss that put the top-ranked U.S. team out of the medals in womens soccer for the first time, felt especially jarring at the Olympics.Equally sour was French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie s reaction to heckling from a partisan crowd rooting for Brazilian Thiago Braz da Silva, who won gold. The crowd did not, as he said, spit on him, but did boo vociferously. Hardly a new phenomenon in sports or one unique to Brazil. Orwell wrote 70 years ago of spectators who try to influence the game by cheering their own side and `rattling opposing players with boos and insults.By likening the atmosphere in Rios Olympic Stadium to Adolf Hitlers propaganda games in Berlin in 1936, Lavillenie showed poor taste and a poor grasp of history. The world record holder later apologized for that big mistake. He was booed again, cruelly this time, when collecting his silver medal the next day, causing him to weep on the podium.Topping the table of foul behavior are Egyptian judo athlete Islam El Shehaby , sent home after he refused to shake the hand of Israeli Or Sasson, and Irish boxer Michael Conlan. Conlan may have a valid point about puzzling judging decisions at the games, but the bronze medalist from the 2012 London Games didnt deliver it with his tirades of bad language and obscene gestures after losing to Russias Vladimir Nikitin.Perhaps its too much to ask that everyone embrace the Olympic spirit. But enough athletes are doing so to keep that noble idea alive.---John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jleicester(at)ap.org or follow him at
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导出博客文章RIO DE JANEIRO -- In a world in turmoil, one thing never changes: the Olympic sport of losing gracefully.With a crisp, assured landing of his final somersault off the parallel bars, Oleg Verniaiev bumped Danell Leyva out of the gold-medal spot. Did the American curse? Turn his back? Roll his eyes in disgust? No. He firmly shook the Ukrainians chalk-covered hand, flashed a broad smile and embraced him.He didnt take anything away from me, Leyva said. He deserved that medal more than anything.With a hand on her shoulder and the words Get up, get up, we have to finish this, Abbey DAgostino persuaded Nikki Hamblin not to quit when they tripped over each other and hit the deck hard in qualifying of the womens 5,000-meters. An American and a New Zealander, perfect strangers, turning personal disaster into a triumph of Olympic goodwill.Isnt that just so amazing? Hamblin said. Im never going to forget that moment. When someone asks me what happened in Rio in 20 years time, thats my story.When troubled people seethe with hatred, gunning each other down in Rio de Janeiros favelas, stabbing fellow passengers on European trains and plowing through families on the seafront in Nice, France, with a 19-ton truck, it is genuinely comforting that 11,400 athletes from 205 nations can still come together for two weeks of Olympic competition and treat each other with such respect. They have gone at each other hammer and tongs in swimsuits, leotards and running shorts on fields of play but mostly been the picture of grace once done with competing.In the 1940s, author George Orwell scathingly wrote that serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting.Hearing British gymnast Amy Tinkler gush about the honor and privilege of competing against American Simone Biles surely would have tempered Orwells opinion. Tinklers score of 14.933 on the floor was good for gold until Biles bested that with a 15.966. Afterward, Tinkler still made a point of seeking out the now four-time gold medalist to give her hug. And she applauded when Aly Raisman posted 15.500 to bump Tinkler from silver to bronze. Just 16 and yet already oozing class seen too rarely from other athletes away from the games, most notably in professional soccer, who could do themselves some favors by following her example.Here, from Tinkler, common decency that would have to be extracted with forceps from the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo or Manchester Uniteds new coach, Jose Mourinho.I would have been happy whatever the result was, she said. All the gymnasts here are incredible and you have got to respect that. They have all worked just as hard as me to get to this place.In such fine company, sore losers stand out more than they would outside of the feel-good Olympic bubble. U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo labeling opponents a bunch of cowards would have made waves in any context. But the insult, aimed at Sweden after a penalty shoot-out loss that put the top-ranked U.S. team out of the medals in womens soccer for the first time, felt especially jarring at the Olympics.Equally sour was French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie s reaction to heckling from a partisan crowd rooting for Brazilian Thiago Braz da Silva, who won gold. The crowd did not, as he said, spit on him, but did boo vociferously. Hardly a new phenomenon in sports or one unique to Brazil. Orwell wrote 70 years ago of spectators who try to influence the game by cheering their own side and `rattling opposing players with boos and insults.By likening the atmosphere in Rios Olympic Stadium to Adolf Hitlers propaganda games in Berlin in 1936, Lavillenie showed poor taste and a poor grasp of history. The world record holder later apologized for that big mistake. He was booed again, cruelly this time, when collecting his silver medal the next day, causing him to weep on the podium.Topping the table of foul behavior are Egyptian judo athlete Islam El Shehaby , sent home after he refused to shake the hand of Israeli Or Sasson, and Irish boxer Michael Conlan. Conlan may have a valid point about puzzling judging decisions at the games, but the bronze medalist from the 2012 London Games didnt deliver it with his tirades of bad language and obscene gestures after losing to Russias Vladimir Nikitin.Perhaps its too much to ask that everyone embrace the Olympic spirit. But enough athletes are doing so to keep that noble idea alive.---John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jleicester(at)ap.org or follow him at http://twitter.com/johnleicester . See his work at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/john-leicester Marshal Yanda Jersey . 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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- One day after finishing a frustrating season with HScott Motorsports, Clint Bowyer sued the team for at least $2.223 million, alleging it missed two monthly payments and a commission for bringing sponsorship to the team.Bowyer, through his business arm, Clint Bowyer Racing Inc., filed the lawsuit for breach of contract and fraud against team owner Harry Scott and HScott Motorsports on Nov. 21 in North Carolina Superior Court.Bowyer finished 27th in the 2016 standings, a disappointing season for all sides hoping that the one-year deal signed in September 2015 could boost HScotts profile while Bowyer prepared for his 2017 ride at Stewart-Haas Racing, as the replacement for the retiring Tony Stewart.Bowyer alleges in the lawsuit that Scott, who is expected to shut down the Cup team, is using money owed to Bowyer to pay other creditors and repeatedly failed to make the scheduled payments owed on the 20th of each month.[Scott and the team] are in financial distress and in negotiations with various creditors to settle substantial debts ... all the while [they] refuse to pay [Bowyer] for services performed, the complaint states.In the lawsuit, Bowyer alleges that Scott has not paid money owed to him Oct. 20 and Nov. 20 for a total of $1.2 million, and that he is also owed at least $1 million from sponsorship of at least five companies -- 5-Hour Energy, Maxwell House, Peak, Visine and AAA Insurance -- that Bowyer claims he brought to the team.We are aware of the lawsuit, HScott Motorsports spokesman Ramsey Poston said. Obviously we wont speak about the details of the suit, but I can say that overall it is frivolous and capricious.ddddddddddddIt is also important to know that Mr. Scott has used personal resources to loan money to the race team to support it, and to allege that he has taken money out of the race team is simply false. Mr. Scott and the team will aggressively defend itself and will ultimately prevail.Bowyer obtained an order of attachment, which requires Scott to hold on to at least $2.223 million in property while the lawsuit makes its way through court.If HScott shuts down as expected, it does have one charter -- NASCARs form of a franchise -- from its two-car 2016 operation that it can sell.This has been an ongoing issue with HScott Motorsports for some time, Bowyer attorney Robert Muckenfuss said in a statement. We were forced to file the lawsuit after the season because several payments had not been made and we were made aware that Scott was liquidating assets but still not paying Clint. We were also made aware that Scott was selling the No. 15 [car] charter and asking NASCAR for approval to transfer the charter with no intention of paying Clint.This is why we obtained the attachment order to place a lien on his assets. Scott should not be permitted to profit from selling the Charter while refusing to pay his driver. Clint was able to bring substantial sponsorship revenue to Scott for the 2016 season due to Clints stature and reputation in the sport, and Clint is just asking that Scott honor his agreement. 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