The headline says it all: “Liaquat Ali bhee bahar; Tamghay kee umeedain dum tornay lageen”. The sub headline is even funnier “Pakistani athletes aik aik kar kay bahar ho rahay hayn, Ethiopia jaisay mulk nay bhee tamgha jeet liya!” To translate, it means “Liaquat Ali out too; Medal hopes being dashed” while the sub-headline would translate into “Pakistani athletes losing out one after the other; Even a country like Ethiopia has won a medal”. (source: http://e.jang.com.pk/08-05-2012/karachi/pic.asp?picname=3615.gif)

Being a sports follower and aware of the mindlessness of the War Group, I had to write something. For the information of Jang’s sports desk incharge, Ethiopia is a power house in the long distance running like marathon, 10000 meters, 5000 meters and 3000 meters steeplechase. For anyone’s information, after participating in 11 Olympic Games starting from 1956, Ethiopia has won 18 gold, 6 silver and 14 bronze medals, while at the ongoing Olympics, they have already won 1 gold and 1 bronze medal, taking their tally to 40!!!

Here’s a tally of their medals:

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1956 Melbourne	0	0	0	0
1960 Rome	1	0	0	1
1964 Tokyo	1	0	0	1
1968 Mexico City	1	1	0	2
1972 Munich	0	0	2	2
1976 Montreal	did not participate
1980 Moscow	2	0	2	4
1984 Los Angeles	did not participate
1988 Seoul	did not participate
1992 Barcelona	1	0	2	3
1996 Atlanta	2	0	1	3
2000 Sydney	4	1	3	8
2004 Athens	2	3	2	7
2008 Beijing	4	1	2	7
Total	18	6	14	38

 

Medalist :

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Abebe Bikila	1960 Rome	Athletics	Men’s marathon
Gold	Abebe Bikila	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Men’s marathon
Gold	Mamo Wolde	1968 Mexico City	Athletics	Men’s marathon
Silver	Mamo Wolde	1968 Mexico City	Athletics	Men’s 10000 metres
Bronze	Miruts Yifter	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men’s 10000 metres
Bronze	Mamo Wolde	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men’s marathon
Gold	Miruts Yifter	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men’s 5000 metres
Gold	Miruts Yifter	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men’s 10000 metres
Bronze	Mohamed Kedir	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men’s 10000 metres
Bronze	Eshetu Tura	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men’s 3000 metre steeplechase
Gold	Derartu Tulu	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women’s 10000 metres
Bronze	Fita Bayisa	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men’s 5000 metres
Bronze	Addis Abebe	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men’s 10000 metres
Gold	Haile Gebrselassie	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men’s 10000 metres
Gold	Fatuma Roba	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women’s marathon
Bronze	Gete Wami	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women’s 10000 metres
Gold	Million Wolde	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men’s 5000 metres
Gold	Haile Gebrselassie	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men’s 10000 metres
Gold	Derartu Tulu	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women’s 10000 metres
Gold	Gezahegne Abera	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men’s marathon
Silver	Gete Wami	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women’s 10000 metres
Bronze	Assefa Mezgebu	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men’s 10000 metres
Bronze	Gete Wami	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women’s 5000 metres
Bronze	Tesfaye Tola	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men’s marathon
Gold	Kenenisa Bekele	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men’s 10000 metres
Gold	Meseret Defar	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women’s 5000 metres
Silver	Kenenisa Bekele	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men’s 5000 metres
Silver	Sileshi Sihine	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men’s 10000 metres
Silver	Ejegayehu Dibaba	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women’s 10000 metres
Bronze	Tirunesh Dibaba	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women’s 5000 metres
Bronze	Derartu Tulu	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women’s 10000 metres
Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women’s 10000 metres
Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women’s 5000 metres
Gold	Kenenisa Bekele	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men’s 10000 metres
Gold	Kenenisa Bekele	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men’s 5000 metres
Silver	Sileshi Sihine	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men’s 10000 metres
Bronze	Meseret Defar	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women’s 5000 metres
Bronze	Tsegay Kebede	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men’s marathon
Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba	2012 London	Athletics	Women’s 10,000 metres
Bronze	Tariku Bekele	2012 London	Athletics	Men’s 10,000 metres

 

On the other hand, us proud and ghairatmand Pakistanis have won 3 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals in all, with the last one in 1992 at Barcelona when our hockey team won a bronze medal! Other than our hockey team, we have won a bronze medal each in wrestling and boxing!

One has to ask the Jang newspaper to do a fact check before splashing such kind of headlines! But why will they fact check. After all, they want war!

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