Filipino rage, tears over loss

Filipino rage, tears over loss

MANILA (Reuter): President Fidel Ramos, scenting a Filipino win in the Atlanta Games, got out a rare bottle of brandy in anticipation of a celebration.

But the Philippines' dreams of a first Olympic gold ended in rage and tears after boxer Mansueto Velasco lost the light- flyweight final.

"It looks like we were ambushed," Ramos said, using a local slang for "cheated", after judges awarded the gold to Bulgarian Daniel Bojilov.