Related to my popular entry on the decidedly unsportsmanlike action of the Cuban tae kwon do competitor at the Beijing Olympics, Sports Illustrated lists other incidents from this and past Olympics that violate the spirit of the games and fair play. And I don't think this is a big spoiler when I say, "Yes, Hitler made the list."
The six-time gold medalist had the charming habit of spitting a mouthful of water into the lane of her nearest competitor -- "for good luck," she claimed. But Van Dyken took a lot of heat after doing the watery honors to Holland's Inge De Bruijn before the 50-meter freestyle final at the Sydney Games. After finishing fourth to De Bruijn, who bagged three golds, Van Dyken sniffed that she could have won "if I were a man" -- a snarky suggestion that De Bruijn was using performance-enhancers.
Totally unsportsmanlike but spitting into your competitor's lane is pretty ingenious asshole behavior. I predict that in the made-for-TV biopic of Michael Phelps' life his arch rival's signature "evil" move is going to be spitting into Phelps's lane.