Olympic Snowboarder Sent Home After Racy Pics Hit the Web
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An Olympic snowboarder has left Vancouver following the Internet release of racy photos of him posing with his bronze medal in a bar.
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Scotty Lago nabbed the bronze for his snowboard half-pipe last Wednesday. On Thursday, he was snapped in a bar lifting up his shirt and wearing his bronze around his waist while a female fan nibbled on it. He also posted another photo of the same female fan biting the bronze. (See the pics on TMZ.com.)
After the pics hit the Web, Lago, 22, apologized to U.S. officials and agreed to leave the games. He was not scheduled to compete again.
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U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association president and CEO Bill Marolt said in a statement Monday, "Scotty Lago is a great athlete, but with that comes a responsibility of proper conduct and his involvement in this situation is not acceptable. Scotty realizes his conduct was inappropriate. He has formally apologized and also made a decision to leave Vancouver today."
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12Seriously, seriously, it is his medal, who cares, the guy is young, let him live a little. Hey, Scotty, great job and go celebrate with the medal. I'd be a little more disappointed if the guy was hitting the bong with the thing around his neck, but I could really care less about his pics and cant believe they sent him home for this. I think some might just be jealous.
Just checked the photos the news left out. Sorry about the waistline comment. (Thank you TMZ for keeping news real!) Scotty still should keep his medal though. Just don't ever take it into a bar amongst the overly stimulated!
Most olympians kiss it when they get it on the stand and "bite" it to make sure it's real because they still can't believe they've won it. The bronze medal looks like a big, brown sugar cookie anyway. At least he wasn't holding it below his waistline "pretending" it was something else. He keeps it and the Olympic committee (and a few of you) should get over it!!!!
He's wearing Team USA clothes, representing USA...he should have a little more class. There's a way to celebrate. If you are a Champion, act like a Champion.
Who cares people!?!?!?! HE worked his butt off, and he is the one who WON that medal, noone did it for him! Let him celebrate how he wants to celebrate! ITS HIS MEDAL!!!!!
It's one thing to celebrate. It's another to post pictures of it for the world to see. I agree with the Olympic committee--let's keep it classy. Maybe others will learn from his mistake.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!! He was sent home for this!! Such B.S. Too many tight wad holier than thou's in the world....loosen up people!!!!!
Why don't people figure out that when you want to celebrate something, especially as prestigious as an Olympic medal, DON'T TAKE PICTURES. This guy is the type that would videotape his own bachelor party and then keep the tape for his soon-to-be ex-wife to find, and wonder why she's p.o.'d Duh...
...was a bit on the naughty side, but I bet he's learned is lesson. And, it seems that however he left, he apologized to the correct authorities and didn't whine about it like some of the other Olympians that competed against the USA.
Let it go. I would imagine that there are more people than not that have done something outrageous at 22 yrs. old after winning an Olympic medal. It appears that his celebration
Maybe you should just join the Canadian team. What a bunch of tight butts this US committee is. Any of them ever win anything ?
OMG... he accomplished something that only a very very very very very very very small percentage of people will ever even have the chance to come close to. He was celebrating and having a good time. GET OVER YOURSELVES. Yes he represented our nation, but given we have a pro-golfer humping every female in his line of sight, Pro-football players fighting dogs, and I could go on FOREVER... this is really nothing to gripe about! Congrats Scotty! Hope the committee gets the stick out of their butts and allows you back to enjoy the games!