Nia Abdallah is the 2004 US Silver Medalist in Taekwondo. She is the first woman from the United States to earn a medal in this sport since it became an official Olympic sport, and the third US woman ever, after Dana Hee who won Gold in 88 under head coach Sang Lee with Dong Keun Park, and Lynnette Love who won Gold in 1992 under head coach Dong Keun Park.
When qualifying for the 2008 Olympics, Nia was "robbed" of a fight against a fine athlete Diana Lopez. This is not saying anything negative against her worthy opponent. Nia just clearly won by a mile.
If a picture is worth a 1000 words, then the video must be priceless. See the video and judge for yourself who the real winner is, and who should represent you and me -- the United States -- at the Olympics.
America is a place where we teach our children to work hard and earn your place -- not to work hard and then have your dream of representing your country and earning a Gold medal STOLEN by BLATANTLY BIASED JUDGES!
Please join us in the following ways:
First, we urge everyone to contact the US Olympic Committee Ombudsman (john.ruger@usoc.org or 888-Athlete -- I'm sure there are other contacts but I don't know them -- let me know if you find better ones), ESPN, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, implore your local media, and your congressmen to force the US Olympic Committee to review this decision and right this wrong.
Also, please join us by donating a few dollars to the We Support Nia Fund (100% for legal, travel expenses, stays in the fund, returned if not needed)
And, don't forget to add "We Support Nia" as your friend!
THE SUPPORT IS REAL
I was moved to do this out of my own motivation to do right, to the extent that I have put off otherwise important business. I have no personal benefit, other than helping the right side of the issue, whether popular or unpopular. Those in the Taekwondo community might refer to that as integrity.
Others behind the scenes have similar convictions. I have received a number of emails and phone calls of support from across the country.
I discovered that another person who described himself as a former "purple belt" started an email campaign on YouTube, before the US Olympic Committee forced YouTube to take down his video (just like they keep taking ours down, too, before we put up another one, which makes you wonder).
Most of us in this group and on the YouTube site do not know Nia, and while some are taekwondo participants, masters and at least one Grandmaster in this sport, others in this group have never seen a fight live. But we are Americans with knowledge of right and wrong, and enough of us Americans are so outraged by (what seems to be) deliberate and intentional misjudging that we simply cannot sit idly by and watch this young lady's dream stolen after earning the victory. So we have taken it upon ourselves to bring this to the public's eye. (And kudos to whoever had the camera!)
Thanks for all your help, and God bless you all!
"We Support Nia"
