Welcome back everyone - its a video about the Olympics today - its a huge event with
most countries in the world taking part and fielding their very best athletes to see who
comes out on top across dozens of different events.
Its run by humans though so mistakes do happen - these are the most famous of them all.
My name is Danny Burke and this is the Top 10 Dumbest Olympic Moments.
Starting off at number 10 we have The Flag Mistake.
At the 2012 London Olympics, the womens football match between North Korea and Columbia was
delayed.
The North Korean team refused to start the game when the SOUTH Korean flag was shown
next to their names on the big screen.
Anyone who knows Korean history will know why this was a huge mistake.
They did eventually agree to play but the error went down as one of the dumbest in olympic
history.
Next up at number 9 we have Eric Moussambani.
In 2000, Eric Moussambani represented Equatorial Guinea in the mens 100m freestyle.
The strange thing was, Eric had only learnt to swim 8 months before - in a 20m pool.
He participated in the qualifying heats as part of a wildcard system designed to encourage
developing countries without expensive facilities to compete in swimming events.
Amazingly, the two other swimmers in his heat were disqualified for two false starts.
That left Eric by himself.
All he had to do was complete the swim.
He managed to do it.
The crowd loved him and he despite being knocked out in the next round, he gained fans all
over the world.
Erics fearlessness was praised but many people felt that this level of competition shouldnt
be at the olympics.
What do you guys think?
Moving on to number 8 we have Lindsey Jacobellis.
In 2006, his American snowboarder became world famous for essentially throwing away a gold
medal.
After a comfortable lead throughout the race, Lindsey decided to pull a trick on one of
the last snow mounds and this happened.
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Ohhh dear - well they always say pride comes before the fall.
Lindsey ended up coming second there to Tanja Friden from Switzerland.
The lesson to learn here is if youre in a speed race, don't try and do tricks - its
not worth it.
At number 7 now we have the Fire Extinguisher.
This one comes from Rio 2016 Olympic Torch run Security as the torch was paraded by runners
around Brazil.
Concerns over the Zika virus and riots over the cost of the olympics meant that security
was tightened.
For many people, that meant something like this should not have been allowed to happen.
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Some people see the torch as the symbol of the olympics - I wonder what theyd think if
it was put out before the first event …
Moving on to number 6 we have The Kick.
This one comes from the 2008 Olympics where Cuban Taekwondo fighter Angel Matos was facing
off against Kazakhstans Arman Chilmanov.
It was a close fight and at one point, the referee gave them a minute to recover from
their injuries.
During that time, the referees awarded Chilmanov the win.
Matos did not aceept the loss graciously - he decided to kick the referee in the face.
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Coming in at number 5 we have Losing The Key.
Many people were worried about things going wrong at the 2016 Rio Olympics or even them
being stopped altogether by protests - but nobody saw this coming.
Two days before the games officially began, organizers lost the key to one of the stadiums
gates.
One whole entrance was closed off because they had lost they key.
Officials had to use wire cutters to essentially break in to their own stadium.
Kinda makes you wonder why its so easy to break in …
Next up at number 4 we have Grilled Pigeon.
This one is a lesson in planning.
As part of the 1988 Seoul Olympic opening ceremony - a bunch of white doves were released
as symbol of world peace.
They flew out over the arena and a few of them went and perched on the unlit Olympic
cauldron.
Thats were they stayed until the cauldron was lit.
At that point, a number of the doves were burned alive or seriously injured.
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Moving on to number 3 we have Pokemon Go.
This one comes from the 2016 Olympics where French fencer Enzo Lefort was in the middle
of an intense match when his phone fell out of his suit.
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Some people were shocked, others were confused but I think everyone would find it a bit funny
if they knew why he had his phone on him in the first place.
In a post match interview, Enzo said he had been playing Pokemon Go before and had forgotten
to leave his phone on the side.
Thats how addictive phone games can be …
OK at number 2 now we have the Cameraman.
This one isnt from the Olympics, its actually from the World Championships but it involves
Usain Bolt and its too good to leave off the list.
After winning a race, Usain was taking a stroll alongside the track when this happened.
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Luckily, neither he nor the camera man was seriously injured - but it did raise some
questions about wether or not segways are the best mode of transport for camera crew
at sporting events.
What do you guys think?
Maybe he just needed some practice …
And finally at number 1 we have the 1972 Mens Basketball.
This was the olympic game that has gone down in history as the most controversial.
After a hard fought game between the US and Soviet Union, the Americans finally took a
1 point lead in the last seconds of the game.
With 3 seconds on the clock, the Soviet coaches called a time out - it was too late though
- the US had already won and was celebrating.
However, due to a number of confusing and clearly incorrect decisions, the clock was
reset.
The US barely had time to set up their defence before the Soviets scored in a last ditch
effort.
The US refused to accept their silver medals and many say this is the most scandalous Olympic
decision ever made.
Well there you go, some dumb olympic moments.
Its all part of the fun and games though - are you guys excited for the next winter or summer
olympics?
Whats your favourite event?
Let me know - my name is Danny Burke, thanks as always for watching guys and Ill see you
all in the next video …