{"id":295768,"date":"2023-12-03T08:11:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T08:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=295768"},"modified":"2023-12-03T08:11:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T08:11:57","slug":"khan-refuses-to-buy-medal-he-lost-in-olympics-and-donates-to-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/khan-refuses-to-buy-medal-he-lost-in-olympics-and-donates-to-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"Khan refuses to buy medal he lost in Olympics and donates to opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Amir Khan REJECTS chance to buy gold medal from 2004 Olympic loss before donating \u00a34,000 to former rival Mario Kindelan to help him build his mum a house in Cuba<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Khan has refused to pay for the gold medal he lost in the 2004 Olympic games\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Instead, he donated \u00a34,000 to his former foe to help build his mum a house\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>We expected perfection from VAR &#8211; we haven&#8217;t got it: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Boxer Amir Khan has rejected the opportunity to purchase the gold medal that he missed out on at the 2004 Olympic final in Athens.<\/p>\n<p>The then 17-year-old was beaten by Mario Kindelan in the final 19 years ago before avenging the loss in a rematch a year later.<\/p>\n<p>He since went on to become one of the most iconic names in British boxing, earning his place in the history books after being world champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And Khan will no doubt earn plaudits once again for a brilliant gesture to his former rival in Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by The Mirror, Khan was reunited with Kindelan and his former rival offered to sell his gold medal to Khan for \u00a34,000 to help him build a house for his mother in Cuba.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/16\/78503485-0-image-a-2_1701533928683.jpg\" height=\"497\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Amir Khan has rejected the opportunity to purchase the gold medal that he missed out on at the 2004 Olympic final<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/16\/78503475-0-image-a-3_1701533935279.jpg\" height=\"495\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He was reunited with former foe\u00a0Mario Kindelan (right) this week in Bahrain<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/16\/78503519-0-image-a-4_1701533980390.jpg\" height=\"510\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Khan was offered the chance to get his hands on the gold medal after picking up silver in 2004<\/p>\n<p>However, Khan rejected the opportunity to do so but still gave his former foe the money for his mother.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the decision to do so, Khan said:\u00a0&#8216;I&#8217;ve just met Mario and got talking to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He told me a story; he wants to build a house in his country, Cuba, and wanted to sell me the gold medal, the one he beat me for.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He said, &#8216;Amir, I&#8217;m going to give you the gold medal, just give me $5,000&#8242;. I told him that gold medal belongs to him, he&#8217;s the champion, he beat me in the Olympic final.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Khan continued to reveal the reason for him handing over the money but refusing to take the medal in return.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So I&#8217;m going to give him $5,000 to build his house; it&#8217;s no publicity stunt, it touched my heart,&#8217; he continued&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s how desperate he is, he wants to give away his Olympic gold medal. It touched my heart and that&#8217;s the reason I&#8217;m going to give the money to him.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12817809\/Amir-Khan-rejects-chance-buy-gold-medal-2004-Olympic-loss-donating-4-000-former-rival-Mario-Kindelan-help-build-mum-house-Cuba.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amir Khan REJECTS chance to buy gold medal from 2004 Olympic loss before donating \u00a34,000 to former rival Mario Kindelan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Khan refuses to buy medal he lost in Olympics and donates to opponent - Sports Love Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/khan-refuses-to-buy-medal-he-lost-in-olympics-and-donates-to-opponent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Khan refuses to buy medal he lost in Olympics and donates to opponent - 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