“¿Karelin? Pan comido, ni siquiera tiene cuernos”
“¿Karelin? Pan comido, ni siquiera tiene cuernos”
“¿Karelin? Pan comido, ni siquiera tiene cuernos”
El ruso Aleksandr Karelin arribó a la lucha grecorromana de los Juegos Olímpicos de 2000 con un récord de 887-1. Esa única derrota había ocurrido hacía 13 años. En los últimos 6 no le habían marcado ni un solo punto.
En la final enfrentó a Rulon Gardner, un granjero de Estados Unidos que para entrenar luchaba contra vacas. Gardner pesaba tanto que Karelin no pudo levantarlo.
Karelin dejó sus zapatillas en la arena, señal de que se retiraba en el acto de la lucha grecorromana.
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Heather Rule. "Olympic Games Upsets". Ed. Millbrook Press, 2020. ISBN: 9781541595125. Pág. 8 https://books.google.cl/books?id=CIDADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA8
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"I Really Didn't Need That Stew Redux". Kansas City Star. Entrevista a Rulon Gardner en mayo de 2008 https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/article314562.html
“Well, when I was growing, I used to wrestle cows on our dairy farm …”
Um. Yeah, Guy wrestled cows. Seriously, sportswriters, you DREAM of moments like this. I mean that literally. You go to sleep after having interviewed another boring golfer who started playing because his Dad was a member of the local country club or some bland pitcher who was the star of his high school team, got drafted high, got paid a sweet signing bonus, played two years in the minors and then got called to the show — and you DREAM about an American farm kid who wrestled cows and ended up winning a gold medal by beating an invincible Russian.