Montry Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 ATHENS, Greece -- A man wearing a brightly colored costume bolted from the crowd and grabbed the leader of the Olympic marathon Sunday, about five miles from the finish. The intruder wrestled Vanderlei Lima of Brazil to the curb and into the crowd. Police tackled the man and freed Lima. Lima, whose lead had been slowly shrinking, was able to get back into the race but he lost several more seconds and eventually was overtaken by Stefano Baldini of Italy, who won the gold. Lima won the bronze medal after also being overtaken by Mebrahtom Keflezighi of the United States, who captured the silver. The intruder, who police said was from Portugal, was arrested. His name was not immediately available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Timotas Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Its actually sickening to see that. Lima is an amazing athlete, after all that, keeps running gets the bronze, and is waving to the crowd being joyful and thankful for his medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 He's some former Irish Priest that pulled the same stunt at a UK car race last year when he ran on the race track while the race cars zipped past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 It's the tiny cook from rocket robin hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABuffalo786 Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 What a douche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seether Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 Look at those legs, you'd think he'd have the curtesy of tanning before making a specatcle of himself. Doesn't look like Greek attire to me. Looks more like a leprechaun in a skirt, must be Irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seether Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 Look at those legs, you'd think he'd have the curtesy of tanning before making a specatcle of himself. Doesn't look like Greek attire to me. Looks more like a leprechaun in a skirt, must be Irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABuffalo786 Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 quote:Originally posted by seether Look at those legs Creepy! [:0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachesl Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 As somebody who was Greek in a past life, I demand that the title of this thread be changed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 I heard in the news (I think it was BBC World) shortly after the incident yesterday that the guy who carried out the attack yesterday was Portuguese, and that he did something similar at an F-1 race last year. Kind of sounds like the Superbowl streaker, but the streaker, as far as I know, never really interfered with competition, or physically attacked anybody. Plus it was hilarious that some guy was able to pull that off at the SUPERBOWL, especially with heightened security, etc., blah blah. Edit: I guess it was an Irish guy after all... Who knew?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcl_19 Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 quote:Originally posted by SABuffalo786 What a douche. couldnt have said it better myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desigol Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 He's a Crazy Irish mofo, like meself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWay Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 quote:Originally posted by seether Look at those legs, you'd think he'd have the curtesy of tanning before making a specatcle of himself. He's the Albino from The DaVinci Code. That or Frank Yallop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccerbeast Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 quote:Originally posted by seether Look at those legs, you'd think he'd have the curtesy of tanning before making a specatcle of himself. Doesn't look like Greek attire to me. Looks more like a leprechaun in a skirt, must be Irish. He is, a defrocked Irish Priest[:0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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