So much for Security at the Olympics

"Man gets one-year suspended sentence for grabbing marathoner
August 30, 2004

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A defrocked Irish priest with a history of disrupting sports events was given a one-year suspended sentence and fined $3,600 Monday for grabbing a runner who was leading the Olympic marathon with three miles to go."

I feel badly for the runner, so close to a gold medal and you get accosted by some meshugehneh.
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2 comments:

Just Me said...

I don't know what a meshugeneh is but agree with you, the guy should have been punished more for wrecking the runner's chances for gold.

9/03/2004 10:49:00 PM
Jack Steiner said...

It is Yiddish and you can think of it as meaning "a crazy person."

9/05/2004 08:50:00 AM

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