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RIO DE JANEIRO -- No one will ever forget what happened to Roy Jones Jr. Cheap Air Jordan 1 Wholesale . at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul when three men sitting in judgment shamed the boxing business with their ludicrous vote in favor of Park Si-hun.What people might forget is just how good the fight was, how good Park was, and also how magnanimously Jones accepted the outrageous decision on the day in the ring. He buried his head in a towel to hide the tears and quit the amateur game forever with a silver medal for his brilliance.The three judges who voted for Park were suspended by AIBA, the governing body that controls Olympic boxing, but reinstated quietly after six months. Nine years later, in 1997, an AIBA investigation declared that there was no evidence of corruption in the boxing events in Seoul.It is too easy and lazy to call every tight fight at the Olympics a disgrace and to make ridiculous comments about corruption, criminality and sabotaged officials. The truth is that there have been very few genuine outrageous decisions in the Olympic ring since that awful fight, but in Rio, two verdicts have been shocking.On Monday night, in the heavyweight final, Vassiliy Levit from Kazakstan was a clear, clear winner over Russias No. 1 seed and reigning world champion Evgeny Tishchenko. In the third round the three judges at ringside, one from each of Ireland, Colombia and Algeria, could have and should have given the round to a dominant Levit by a score of 10-8. In the end they embarrassed the sport by voting 10-9 for the Russian, securing a gold for the favorite but the loser on the night.The following morning,?Michael Conlan, who, like Tishchenko, is the No.1 seed and world champion, was fighting Russias Vladimir Nikitin for a place in the semifinals and a medal, which Ireland badly needed. Conlan cruised in the first and told me afterward: I was not even breathing heavily when I got back to the corner.However, all three scoring judges voted for Nikitin, which meant Conlan was chasing the lead and had to switch tactics to brawl with a brawler. Conlan won the second clearly on all three scorecards but after winning the third, in the opinion of every observer, lost it once again on all three cards. Conlan was out and he was outraged, ripping off his shirt and giving a filthy personal salute to the men that had just condemned his dream.Conlans emotional postfight interviews were strong, packed with accusations and hate, but they also served as a catalyst for a storm of complaints. There had been no emotional attachment after Levits sickening exit -- which was far more unjust than Conlans loss -- but in the aftermath of Conlans excesses, there was a delayed reaction by AIBA, whose staff on the ground in Rio seemed genuinely surprised that people were upset with the verdicts.On Wednesday morning, hours after the Conlan fight, AIBA suspended some officials, refusing to confirm the amount but issuing a statement that the concerned referees and judges will no longer officiate. There was a shock when the boxing started Wednesday, because two of the six men from the two controversial fights -- each fight has three scoring judges -- were back at ringside and back judging fights. It is assumed that the suspended officials include one from Brazil, Algeria, Ireland and Poland, the quartet that compete the six bad officials from the two awful fights. All six should have been packed home to appease the growing horde of critics.All judges enter a complex web of selection to secure a job at the Olympics. The secrecy continues once they have been picked, and they remain men and women of mystery. The men and women are not meant to know which fight they will be judging, which is in theory a good way to eliminate any favoritism or possibly something more sinister. This week two Russian boxers received fortunate decisions, but the feeling in boxing parlors before the Olympics started was that the Russians no longer had power and that the Kazaks, Uzbeks and Azeris were the teams with influence. Trying telling that to Levit, the Kazak loser on Monday night.The dreadful twist in the Conlan tale is that Nikitin has so many cuts and wounds that he will not be able to fight in the semifinal. Conlan goes home without a medal leaving behind an Olympic tournament under the same type of scrutiny as the disbelieving glare it received that awful day in Seoul. Air Jordan 1 Retro Australia . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at . Cheap Air Jordan 1 Australia . The native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., captured a World Cup downhill event Saturday, his second this year and fifth career victory on the circuit. http://www.cheapairjordan1australia.com/ . After a replay, the winner will meet Sunderland in the quarterfinals. Sagbo did well to control Sone Alukos right cross and fire past Brighton goalkeeper Peter Brezovan. Aluko was making his first start in four months after recovering from an Achilles injury. Regardless the sport, there are those within their field that stand above all others, kings of their mountain.Jordan, Gretzky, Ruth and Brady are names synonymous with greatness. Each demonstrated perfection, they are athletic aristocrats, members of a noble fraternity of a chosen few who perform at a level so high it becomes the measure in their discipline for decades.With his seventh title in 11 seasons, Jimmie Johnson has become the latest member of this exclusive group.Im often asked how can one driver win so often? Is it the car, the engine, the crew? Its all those things, but its primarily the individual behind the steering wheel.The answer to the question what makes great is this: The ability to extract more when it matters most under the most adverse or demanding circumstances.Thats how I would describe watching Jimmie Johnson at Homestead when he demonstrated that to perfection.Every great athlete obeys their sports fundamentals -- they become the foundation for your career, they ultimately support prosperity and longevity.In auto racing, the fundamentals are car control, evaluating risk vs. reward, and anticipating opportunity and capitalizing on it.The fundamentals keep you balanced, relevant during a grueling 10-month season.Desire, commitment, determination and composure are what are needed to finish the job. Separate yourself from all others, close the deal.Car control is how well, and how quickly, you process and react to your cars personality against the limits of the race track, or the obstructions created from cars around you.Solid car control doesnt determine if you win or lose, but it certainly increases your chances.Nobody does it better than Jimmie Johnson. He demonstrated it to perfection in the final two laps of the championship race.Watch it. Watch it again and again if you have to. Jimmie drove two of the best laps of his life to capture a seventh title.What did he do?He arced the car into the turn at the precise angle, allowing speed to remain elevated, but controlled enough to maintain the perfect line to the apron. At center corner, he used enough steering input, combined with acceleration, to lean the car onto the right-rear tire -- too aggressive and his car slides toward the wall, forcing his right foot off the gas. Too cautious and he would have surrendered two or three hundred RPM from his exit and would have passed no one. He would have force himself from playing offense to playing defense, preoccupied with the rearview mirror.Going fast is dependent on your body identifying forces of the car, delivering the info to your brain, it being processed and fed to your hands, feet and eyes.Its a process that follows a sequence, the sequence can be sped up or slowed down depending on the individual. Air Jordan 1 Outlet Australia. The best make it look and feel instinctive, without thought. Its why a chosen few are fast, very fast -- no matter where they compete.You have to anticipate. The final restart is a perfect illustration of this. Jimmie timed it perfectly, did not spin the rear tires, executed two precise shifts and captured the lead against a superior car off the exit of Turn 2.Anticipating a restart is predicated once again on your senses: Your peripheral vision acting like radar for any sudden appearance or acceleration; sound, because you are locked in to the sound of the cars exhaust restarting next to you; and the feel you have of the rear tires struggling between creating thrust in your car vs. breaking free of the racing surface. Its a beautiful thing when done perfectly, and ugly as hell otherwise.Great drivers identify the limit of their car, the track, their talent and operate within a fraction of that edge all race long. They also drive 100 percent while giving the clear succinct definition of their cars balance to their team.Few drivers can do this.Most operate at 95 percent when evaluating their cars balance, showing an inability to drive on the extreme edge and evaluate all the factors simultaneously.Only a few drivers in my lifetime demonstrated the ability to do it. Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt are the obvious ones. Others could do it at particular tracks. I had the gift at Martinsville. Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Daytona and Talladega. AJ Allmendinger at Watkins GlenAll drivers have their strengths, but I can count on only one hand the drivers who could do it every week, at every kind of track.Jimmie Johnson is one of them.Conditioning? Drivers fail most often under these two scenarios.First, when they become distracted; second, when they become tired. Jimmie can fall victim to distraction, its evident the few times a year he and crew chief Chad Knaus swap audio jabs at 150 mph. But he wont tire, because he trains and he prepares, harder than anyone I know. Its an extension of his commitment to being the best.Its not just achieving a superior physical fitness, its about obtaining a superior mental fitness. Jimmie subscribes and adheres to it, beyond what others could imagine.The Bottom LineGood drivers win in great cars. Great drivers win in good cars.The latter is what Jimmie Johnson did Sunday.I understand all the things required to perform and compete as a race-car driver. I understand the criteria for winning races.What I dont completely understand is this: How has Jimmie done it so damned well, so often, for so long and so much better than everyone else? ' ' '