<Ul> <Li> Players for the men's basketball teams posed for a pre-Olympic newspaper advertisement in popular Spanish daily Marca, in which they were pictured pulling back the skin on either side of their eyes, narrowing them in order to mimic the stereotypes of thin Asian eyes . </Li> <Li> Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian placed his bronze medal onto the floor immediately after it was placed around his neck in protest at his loss to Italian Andrea Minguzzi in the semifinals of the men's 84kg Greco - Roman wrestling event . He was subsequently disqualified by the IOC . His bronze medal was stripped, but it was not handed out to Chinese wrestler Ma Sanyi, who finished fifth . </Li> <Li> Questions have been raised about the ages of two Chinese female gymnasts, He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan . This is due partly to their overly - youthful appearance, as well as a speech in 2007 by Chinese director of general administration for sport Liu Peng . </Li> <Li> Norway's last - second goal against South Korea in the semifinals of handball put it through to the Gold Medal game . According to a photograph that has surfaced on the Internet, however, the ball had failed to fully cross the goal line prior to time expiring . The South Koreans protested and requested that the game continue at the overtime point . The IHF has confirmed the results of the match; any shooting team sport such as handball or basketball counts a goal at the final buzzer if a player makes a successful shot before time expires . Therefore, if the ball had not even started to cross the goal line before time expired in the Norway vs South Korea match, the goal would still count unless it was blocked by a South Korean defender . </Li> <Li> Cuban taekwandoist Ángel Matos was banned for life from any international taekwondo events after kicking a referee in the face . Matos attacked the referee after he disqualified Matos for violating the time limit on an injury timeout . He then punched another official . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Players for the men's basketball teams posed for a pre-Olympic newspaper advertisement in popular Spanish daily Marca, in which they were pictured pulling back the skin on either side of their eyes, narrowing them in order to mimic the stereotypes of thin Asian eyes . </Li> <Li> Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian placed his bronze medal onto the floor immediately after it was placed around his neck in protest at his loss to Italian Andrea Minguzzi in the semifinals of the men's 84kg Greco - Roman wrestling event . He was subsequently disqualified by the IOC . His bronze medal was stripped, but it was not handed out to Chinese wrestler Ma Sanyi, who finished fifth . </Li> <Li> Questions have been raised about the ages of two Chinese female gymnasts, He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan . This is due partly to their overly - youthful appearance, as well as a speech in 2007 by Chinese director of general administration for sport Liu Peng . </Li>

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