Belarusian Gold Medalist Walks Off Podium After National Anthem Screw Up

by Larry Leo

July 25, 20176 Comments

Belarusian triple jumper Violetta Skvortsova won her gold medal and was on the podium ready for hear her National Anthem when they played the wrong song. She then walked off...

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Belarusian athlete Violetta Skvortsova, who won the European Youth Championship, left the pedestal due to an error with the Hymn. Officials asked the athlete to return and threatened with disqualification. However, she flatly refused to participate in the ceremony. As a result, the organizers of the European Championship apologized to Skvortsova and promised to re-award later.
19-year-old Skvortsova won a triple jump.

Jump to the 2:30 mark...

Filed Under: Summer Olympics

Originally published on TigerDroppings.com

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hogNsinceReagan•81 months

Jump to the 2:00 mark if you want to check out that booty first.

TigerSpray•81 months

Rusev's daughter? She ready to kick some a$$. Silver and bronze smelled an upgrade coming to them.

bamafan1001•81 months

She was fine

Hangit•81 months

I would triple jump her to the anthem of her choice. I would also feed her a lot of Popeye's

tigerburningbright75•81 months

I don't blame her. Get the correct anthem.

Mike da Tigah•81 months

I admire her for that. She could have easily just played along, but she instead took a stand off of the podium stand for her country. You can tell it meant a lot to her and I'm sure her country. Very embarrassing. You've got one job. How can you possibly screw up someone''s national anthem on such a stage?

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