http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/marathon-winner-disqualified-because-didn-t-sign-race-014434559.html
I have very mixed feelings about this story, although overall it's a good one.
My first reaction is that I want to do a face-palm because he seriously should have let the officials know that he was racing in his friend's place, just in case there was an issue. On the other hand, his friend was registered fair and square, so why not allow a substitution?
However, I also would like to give the man some kind of award for accepting his mistake so gracefully. Often it feels like most adults would throw a fit over something like this.
Kudos?... or should we be passing him the Stupid Helmet?
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