So much for Security at the Olympics
“Man gets one-year suspended sentence for grabbing marathoner
August 30, 2004
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A defrocked Irish priest with a history of disrupting sports events was given a one-year suspended sentence and fined $3,600 Monday for grabbing a runner who was leading the Olympic marathon with three miles to go.”
I feel badly for the runner, so close to a gold medal and you get accosted by some meshugehneh.
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Jack's Shack September 5, 2004 at 3:50 pm
It is Yiddish and you can think of it as meaning “a crazy person.”
Just Me September 4, 2004 at 5:49 am
I don’t know what a meshugeneh is but agree with you, the guy should have been punished more for wrecking the runner’s chances for gold.