Satisfaction. That’s a pretty good way to describe what — deep breath — Irakli Tsirekidze must be feeling today. The Georgian Judo competitor just finished what every Olympian dreams of: winning a gold medal. Being the best in the world. All that. It has to feel good.

But Tsirekidze really made the most of it. In the midst of this week’s Russia-Georgia conflict, Tsirekidze not only beat Russian Ivan Pershin in the semifinal — he closed out the win by pointing at the Georgian flag on his back. Again: satisfaction, the kind that would make the Simpsons’ Southern Colonel proud.

Of course, in the post-match fracas, Tsirekidze was asked “what he meant” by the gesture at his back, even though the answer is incredibly obvious to anyone with any sense of the world around him. When a Chinese moderator cut off the query, reporters protested:

“We can only have sport related questions here,” said the moderator. He then advised Tsirekidze he did not have to answer the question, prompting several reporters to protest. Venue manager Zhang Erchun said politically related questions were not in accordance with International Olympic Committee’s charter but that he was unclear whether the question directed at Tsirekidze had contravened it. “I’m not exactly sure of the details of the situation but I will ask further about it,” said Zhang.

Allow me to fill in the blanks: Tsirekidze pointed to his back because HE HATES RUSSIA. Because THEY INVADED GEORGIA. Murky as the details of the conflict might be, I think everyone can go ahead and file that one away under Things Olympic Reporters (Should) Know For Sure.