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Last update - 14:38 19/08/2008 'The dog ate my medal': Top 10 excuses for Israel's poor showing in Beijing By Nir Wolf Tags: israel, olympics, beijing 10) Delila Hatuel, fencing: "I guess I lost because of the pressure." 9) Arik Ze'evi, judo: " Advertisement In the days before the competition, I cried too much, like a pregnant woman." 8) Itai Magidi, hurdles: "I hurt my knee, and my preparation wasn't good. Even now, I'm limping and can barely stand on my left leg." 7) Tomer Or, fencing: "Udi, my coach, told me something, but I didn't feel confident about it so I did something else and lost. It suits me; leading but not winning." 6) Yoni Erlich, tennis: "There's a lot of pressure in the Olympics, it's not just Andy [doubles partner Andy Ram] and Yoni - there's an entire country behind you." 5) Alexandr Shatilov, gymnastics: "This is the first time I've fallen like that." 4) Alex Ashkenazi, judoka Gal Yekutiel's coach: "Gal had a mental problem. Even if he had made the quarterfinal he would have only taken fifth place. It's not the first time he's lost the battle for the bronze." 3) Niki Palli, high jump: "After I hit 2.20, my leg suddenly started to hurt." 2) Guy Starik, shooting: "Right as I was shooting a gust of wind came. I knew right away it would be ninth place. What can you do?" 1) Sergei Weisbrod, Shatilov's coach: "It's all politics. It's because of the Korean judge - he wants the Asian guy in the final." Bookmark to del.icio.us   World War III A top Iranian general says an attack on Tehran would ignite a 'world war'. Raising the price Hamas says won't compromise, Israel must free 1,000 prisoners for Shalit.   1.   The unlucky `I` 03:13  |  JJohnson 19/08/08   2.   How about "The government doesn`t support us" 09:18  |  Sarah 19/08/08   3.   Disgust 09:26  |  Ethan 19/08/08   4.   Excuses or not 10:36  |  Ulf 19/08/08   5.   "Without losers, where would the winners be" - Casey Stengel 12:43  |  No Excuses 19/08/08   6.   how about a little support!!!! 12:53  |  Felix 19/08/08   7.   Objection! 13:05  |  just me 19/08/08   8.   Olympics 13:45  |  Sam Barsam 19/08/08   9.   These people represent us. Your article is a disgrace 14:09  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/08/08   10.   Laugh! I nearly cried :-) 14:43  |  Charles Smyth 19/08/08   11.   Negative Article 14:49  |  Observer 19/08/08   12.   Poor Showing??? 14:49  |  Dani 19/08/08   13.   Competitive edge 15:00  |  Steve G 19/08/08   14.   So what? Jews rarely shine in sports. Except Spit 15:35  |  Laila 19/08/08   15.   # 14 16:26  |  Golda 19/08/08   16.   Israel whinning about poor Olympic showing. 16:39  |  John Allen 19/08/08   17.   #14 You are sooo ignorant 16:45  |  Isac 19/08/08   18.   Sports and sportsmanship. 16:51  |  John Allen 19/08/08   19.   Laila -- The Dark Night ! 16:51  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 19/08/08   20.   #13 Real good, cudos. 16:52  |  John Allen 19/08/08   21.   Contenders no matter what! 16:55  |  THK 19/08/08   22.   "Wussim" 18:19  |  ussishkin 19/08/08   23.   Checkpoint mussolinis, fat, lazy and too big for their boots 18:21  |  Chanalau, Tova 19/08/08   24.   Am wondering 18:30  |  David 19/08/08   25.   No. 21 18:31  |  Luisa 19/08/08   26.   We Need More Chinese Jews 19:37  |  Yosemite 19/08/08   27.   @ 26 - Yosemite 19:56  |  HaifaDweller 19/08/08   28.   Educating Laila 20:08  |  FOX 19/08/08   29.   Pathetic 20:31  |  Batya 19/08/08   30.   Medal drought 21:26  |  Michael Greenberg 19/08/08   31.   Typical 22:39  |  michael nathanson 19/08/08   32.   Smallest book in the world 23:08  |  Bobby 19/08/08   33.   #17 23:09  |  jews and israelis 19/08/08   34.   #3 - so wrong 23:18  |  nice try 19/08/08   35.   Breaking the Sabbath 23:45  |  Charlie 19/08/08   36.   reply to #1 00:06  |  bobby 20/08/08   37.   The humiliation goes on ... 00:39  |  Axel 20/08/08   38.   New discipline: Sharpshooting 00:40  |  Daniel 20/08/08   39.   Olympic in Beijing 00:52  |  mmm 20/08/08   40.   Don`t feel bad, Israel.Anyway, the USA is winning 01:16  |  mmm 20/08/08   41.   oh well, oh well. if israel was winning the olympic. 01:22  |  mmm 20/08/08   42.   Jewish Sportpeople #14 01:52  |  Harold F 20/08/08   43.   sportsmanship 05:47  |  LLYN 20/08/08   44.   Israeli Olympians 07:02  |  Sandy 20/08/08   45.   I have dual Israeli UK citizenship so I`m laughing 09:50  |  L A 20/08/08   46.   #36 10:09  |  Joe 20/08/08   47.   end of thread? 14:49  |  just me 20/08/08   48.   the jews are olympic winners 16:04  |  maria 20/08/08   49.   Who Cares? 17:02  |  Michael Santomauro 20/08/08   50.   The dog ate one`s foot 17:23  |  Giora Nevo 20/08/08   51.   #25- Luisa 18:04  |  THK 20/08/08   52.   Jewish sportsmen #14 20:38  |  Shai 20/08/08   53.   jews and sports #14 20:56  |  menucha sarah 20/08/08   54.   jews and sports 21:09  |  menucha sarah 20/08/08   55.   laila 21:52  |  maria 20/08/08   56.   is it true that michael phelps jewish? 22:12  |  mmm 20/08/08   57.   Jewish Athletes at the 2008 Olympic...from Argentina to USA 22:15  |  Maria 20/08/08   58.   Dara Torres 02:19  |  Abi Cohen 21/08/08   59.   Michael Phelps 14:57  |  Marie 21/08/08   60.   "Smallest Book in the World" 16:52  |  Marie 23/08/08   61.   ...and yet 12:12  |  T 31/08/08

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