Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian threw his bronze medal to the floor during the ceremony, stormed off, and vowed to quit the sport, the Telegraph reports. "I don't care about this medal. I wanted gold," Abrahamian said. The wrestler had earlier confronted the judges’ over their decision that eventually gave the gold to Andrea Minguzzi, before being restrained by team officials.
"This will be my last match. I wanted to take gold, so I consider this Olympics a failure," said Abrahamian. (More 2008 Beijing Olympics stories.)