After losing to Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, one thing has become clear, Dale Begg-Smith and the Australian ski team are poor sports.
Begg-Smith, the top ranked moguls skier heading into the Olympics, was expecting to win gold in Vancouver. How sweat it would have been since Begg-Smith, born and raised in Canada, would have been beating his former country on home soil.
Things didn't go as planned however. Instead of winning gold, Begg-Smith took home the silver medal while Canada's Alexandre Bilodeau won Canada's first gold on home soil.
It couldn't have been Bilodeau's flawless turns, perfect landings, and higher difficulty jumps. To anyone who watched the moguls final, the winner was clear. Not so to Australian ski officials and Dale Begg-Smith.
Instead of accepting the loss gracefully, Australian ski officials have publically announced that they believe the judges inflated Bilodeau's score to help him win gold.
Do you know who robbed you of your gold medal Mr. Begg-Smith? You and you alone. You skied slower, your jumps weren't as clean, and your turns were sloppier than Alexandre Bilodeau. In short, he skied better. You lost.
Don't go crying to the media now. Especially after you wouldn't talk to the Canadian media leading up to the Olympic Games. Dale Begg-Smith has shown poor sportsmanship at every step and his ski officials in Australia aren't far behind.
Apparently the Canadian government got it right when they forced Begg-Smith out of the country for his shady internet dealings.
In the world of sports, sometimes, what goes around comes around. For Dale Begg-Smith, he got what he deserved, a slightly tarnished silver medal and a completely rusted reputation.
For Alexandre Bilodeau however, the best moguls skier at the 2010 Olympics, he got what he deserved as well, a gold medal and the right to call himself the best. And nothing Australian ski officials or Dale Begg-Smith say will ever take that away from Bilodeau.
Congratulations Alexandre Bilodeau for winning freestyle ski gold in the moguls, and shame on your Dale Begg-Smith.
Let the games begin.
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Yes, the Australian officials are saying that. But Dale Begg-Smith said nothing like that, in fact, when asked about it he just said:
ReplyDelete" I think it was great that Canada won gold and the crowd was really with it and everybody went crazy".
"I ski the way I want to ski. That's all I can control."
"I had a lot of good runs today. I skied as well as I could."
-Source: the Vancouver Sun
Sounds like a REAL sore loser, eh? Besides, he didn't look very thrilled in Turin either, when he won gold. Some people are just more shy and don't like to show their emotions.
How do you defend his choice to not speak to Canadian reporters? And you can't honestly believe the Australian officials acted without consulting Begg-Smith. The guy is a scumbag and shouldn't be applauded.
ReplyDeleteits not that he is shy bud.. you think he didn't show emotions? well thats a pretty bitter emotionless face he has.
ReplyDeleteNo one said he didn't show emotion. He just showed the wrong ones.
ReplyDeleteOk so he didn't jump up and down with joy for winning silver, he obviously went to win gold and was little bit disappointed he didn't get
ReplyDeleteit, can you relly blame the guy? Are none of you competitive?
Heaven forbid he not be a winner with an outgoing personality, who poses on magazine covers in nothing but a fur shrug. Guess he uses his brains to pay his way
If brains include the spam and illegal activities that got him kicked out of Canada sure. I'm not asking him to not show emotion, I'm saying he shuold have shown class. Same goes to the Australian ski officials. You lost, get over it. Dale Begg-Smith is a poor sport and has no concept of sportsmanship.
ReplyDeleteI forget how funny these stories are until I re-read them. The Canadian media have been feeding the "DBS is evil" mantra to the Canadian public for years. Ian, clearly you are one whom has bought into it.
ReplyDeleteThat's OK though. I respect your right to an opinion and I like that you have fairly stated that you are very "one-sided" opinionated, but have stopped short of accusations.
One day the world will know the truth, but until that time, the Canadian media will continue to bully this very shy and humble man.
We are very proud of you Dale!!
who are you guys?? Dale is an amazing skier and so is Alex, I had the best oppurtunity to be coached by Alex this summer at camp and don't get me wrong he is an awesome person and an even better skier!! but Dale is by far the best! both guys runs were great. Personally I think Dale got localized, he deserved 1st but hey thats freestyle skiing
ReplyDeleteThink what you will, but go back ar re-watch their run. Really it could have gone either way and that's the sport (it all depends on what the judges are looking for)
And no he did not show poor sportsmanship, I mean he is known as "the mystery man" his only emotion is looking sad or upset thats just him.