Bagatelle (#44)

I did not give a flying flip at a rolling doughnut about the Olympics. As a matter of fact, I believe they should have been cancelled this year, they should remain cancelled for all time, and cities should use the money to provide free guitar picks for the poor.

So I missed this story last week, but you know it is the kind of thing I can’t pass up, and I don’t think it got a lot of attention.

The coach of the German modern pentathlon team was disqualified on Saturday.

As it happens, “modern pentathlon” is one of the few Olympic sports I care much about: how can you not like a combination of swimming, fencing, running, horses, and shooting? (Plus: Patton. Minus: they are apparently using laser guns these days, instead of real pistols.)

But that’s not why the story is interesting. She was disqualified because…

…she punched a horse.

The footage “showed Ms Raisner appearing to strike the horse Saint Boy, ridden by Annika Schleu (GER), with her fist,” the group said in a statement. That violated UIPM competition rules, they said.

I believe we have video of the event.

Okay, I’m sorry, that was a cheap joke, but it never gets old. Here is the actual footage:

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