After watching a recording of last night's 200 m race events I don't like what occurred in the stadium last evening-I felt so ashamed it was totally uncalled for. Booing and hissing is UN-Olympic those people who did that should be ashamed of themselves and I hope they don't show their faces around ever again!!!!
With their actions they made Greece and Greek people look bad and talked about negatively, the Olympics got off to a beautiful start, why did they have to ruin it?
I'm trying to make excuses as much as I can for the fans behavior but after listening to Kenteris thanking those who booed I felt sick to my stomach, he is a disgrace and I won't support him ever again.
Early on I was told that the crowd was actually booing Kenteris for disgracing the nation but that is not the case,eida ANT news before kai den mporw na pistepsw pws fonazan merikoi fans pou kerdizan 3 amerikanoi-einai trelloi!!
Oi athlhtes kerdizan me thn a3ia tous!! ti shmasia exei apo pou einai???? I don't understand their thinking and I think to media me auta pou leei 3eplenei ta mialia tous.
And before you all starting attacking me and calling me names please tell me Peite mou eseis pws na apanthsw se ola auta parakatw pou ekane copy apo olympic forum? that's the impression the fans gave 
What is with with Greek people? They don't show up for events, and when they do, they boo those who have trained and fairly competed. They make the stereotypical "ugly" American look like a boy scout.
Their sprinters got caught doing something shameful, and they vent their anger on those who did compete fairly and won. That is so without class. In America, we would yell like crazy for our own athletes, but cheer and honor the winer regardless.
The Greek people have failed at the Olympic spirit, perhaps more so than any Olympics I have seen, and I've been wathing them since 1964.
I heard from a friend who's been attending. She's fluent in Italian, Greek and of course English. She's saying the the elimination of the language barrier might be a bad thing. The treatment she's gotten has been rude, and while speaking the native language typically gets you better treatment, her use of Greek when discovered to be an American has only made it worse.
She's saying that if you think that the zealots among US sprorts are extreme, the Greeks are many times worse. Most don't understand the sports or the events, and many don't even know enough about their own history to understand what the Olympics are.
This thing of booing the other competitors when you Greeks lose, or aren't competing is shameful. Greece was a poor choice to host the Olympics.
I beleive your *************, but I think it's their attitude toward tourists you're misunderstanding. I've lived in tourist destinations, and resentment of travellers is par for the course. You see the same thing in American tourist destinations where people take your money, but act like they want to spit on you.
DId you all happen to hear that they Met their ticket sales goal about 4 days ago??? And they are still selling tickets... which means they SURPASSED their goal.
And as for the booing... they were booing Kenteris.. even though he wasnt there. I've been watching Greek tv since the beginnning of the olympics.. people were planning to boo that race b/c he disgraced the country by his scandal. They wanted him to see them booing his race so he would know how pissed they are. THE GREEKS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH HIM.
They were booing Keteris? That deesn't make sense. They were playing the national anthem before the 200M winners even got to the podium, and booing the one athlete who made it. Booing Keteris when the athletes were on the podium? I don't think so.
Let's face it, not all Greeks are happy with their fellow contrymen's behavior. But this is the European way....boo and hiss the opponents. The stupid fans even bring whistles to games and actually lost a point in a Volleyball game because of it. Nonetheless, the Greeks owe an apology to the athletes of the World for their rude and reprehesible behavior!
THEY SEEM TO THINK GREEK ATHLETES SHOULD RUN NO MATTER WHAT. TOO BAD THEY DO NOT TAKE SOME OF THEIR TAXES AND RUN A REAL PROGRAM FOR ATHLETES...BUT GOSH, THE ONLY COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT THAT MANAGED TO DO THAT WERE THE RUMANIANS, RUSSIANS, AND E GERMANS...NOW THEY ARE SPENDING THEIR 60% TAX INCREASE ON EVERYTHING BUT SPORTS AND THE FOLKS THERE WANT TO CHEAT. .. AND INTERRUPT THINGS....WELL, WHEN YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHINGELSE..THEN THAT IS ALL YOU HAVE LEFT. HALF THEIR TEAMS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN'S SPORTS WERE RECRUITED FROM THE US...WHY?? BECAUSE THE ENLIGHTENED COMMUNIST GREEK SOCIETY DOESN'T REALLY SUPPORT WOMEN'S SPORTS......OR WOMEN PERIOD!
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