Saturday, July 4th, 2009

First ever female gold medalist wrestler

Irini Merleni won the first ever Olympic gold medal in womens
wrestling, in Athens 2004. Wrestling seems to be very serious
business in Merleni’s native Ukraine, a national sports.

There had been much doubt and critisism when she was picked to represent
her country for the very first time women wrestlers would be allowed to
compete at the Olympic level. She seems pleased to have silenced her critics.

The sound track is in Swedish.

Read about it here.

http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/25/stories/2004082504192000.htm

Duration : 0:0:58


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25 Responses to “First ever female gold medalist wrestler”

snoopyofdoomxx Says:

She has balls? lol
She has balls? lol

e22378 Says:

so beautiful! this …
so beautiful! this made me cry.

beastskater4 Says:

no but im honestly …
no but im honestly not stupid enough to waste my time on you.

pizzamom555 Says:

do you honestly …
do you honestly have nothing intelligent to say?

beastskater4 Says:

shut up dork go …
shut up dork go play your runescape.

pizzamom555 Says:

cursing doesnt make …
cursing doesnt make you sound smarter nor does insinuating the purpose of that i typed. i highly suggest you go back to school and learn how to show intelligence.

beastskater4 Says:

lame sports …
lame sports that no one watches or cares about you mean.

pizzamom555 Says:

all forms of …
all forms of martial arts are a sport you uneducated child.

Wreastler2 Says:

what the he …
what the he saying? o.O?

40ozofbadfish Says:

oh my gosh dude…. …
oh my gosh dude…. JUDO is the 2nd most practiced sport in the world, and its a martial art too. And its in the olympics

beastskater4 Says:

it dosent. and it …
it dosent. and it still has nothing to do with sports

40ozofbadfish Says:

you said it your …
you said it your self smart one. “Martial arts has nothing to do with sports.”

beastskater4 Says:

what the does …
what the does judo have to do with anything dumb . i was talking about sports not martial arts got

40ozofbadfish Says:

Judo is the 2nd …
Judo is the 2nd biggest sport in the world, its in the olympics, and its martial arts, and its from Japan, your ignorant.

wildcat31677 Says:

I know she could …
I know she could kick my in a match. She’s the best and that medal say’s it all

negrov7 Says:

Such a woman…… …
Such a woman…… she has balls and she’s the queen

wildcat31677 Says:

But she’s a great …
But she’s a great wrestler

wildcat31677 Says:

I always hated …
I always hated wrestling girls back in the day

beastskater4 Says:

martial arts has …
martial arts has nothing to do with sports.
like have you honestly ever seen an asian play baseball besides major leagues or american football or basketball besides yao ming. no they just arent good.

dilster5 Says:

Oh yeah, …
Oh yeah, considering that all martial arts derive from Asia, that makes tons of sense.

anthonyF10 Says:

girls suck at …
girls suck at sports compared to guys

Notbadphonedaddy Says:

Most wrestlers hug …
Most wrestlers hug the coach, but she hugged the referree. LMAO, that’s just plain hilarious.

yourfuckingmom1 Says:

aww. she’s like …
aww. she’s like crying. :) I like how she jumped on the guy, haha.

andythedandy9 Says:

wow, wuts wrong …
wow, wuts wrong with her hair???
and she is soooo excited

andythedandy9 Says:

well duh, she …
well duh, she probably exercises to death

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