*** REN ZIWEI LÀ TÊN NẦY ĐÂY.
In short, the situation was ripe for anger. And yet, there are mitigating circumstances here. First off, the apparent gold medalist, Hungary's Liu, was going to be DQ'ed anyway for an earlier infraction:
And then, more unfortunately still, here's the full video of the finish:
Clearly, the Chinese skater Ren made a solid move that was going to overtake Liu at the last moment, then Liu (who again, was already DQ'ed) skated into his path and tried to block him out with his arm.
There's nothing worse than having to quell your righteous anger in the face of facts, so we apologize sincerely for the buzzkill. However, we're confident that there will be other things to get mad about as the Olympics rounds into its first full week. In fact, you probably won't have to look far beyond the short-track oval. We'll be ready when it happens, screaming eagle on our shoulder, American flag pants billowing in the wind.
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