New Zealander Valerie Vili is listed in the Olympic program at 6′3, 242 pounds. Apparently, security guards at Beijing National Stadium didn’t read that program.

Vili, who won the gold in women’s shot put Saturday night, raced off to see her coach and get a New Zealand flag to celebrate once she knew she had beaten the field. Unfortunately, both her coach and the flag were on the opposite side of the track near the front row of a packed stadium.

A female member of the stadium’s security staff who is described by AFP as “an over-enthusiastic but smaller security guard,” stepped up and tried to stop Vili from running off. The key word there, was “tried.”

The big New Zealander, who throws an 8 pound metal ball for a living, had little trouble with the undersized security official and reached her target easily.

“They wouldn’t let me get to the New Zealand flag,” she told NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION. “To try and manhandle me was probably not a good idea. She tried but I was eventually able to get the flag.”

Is “manhandle” the proper term when it’s two females involved? When one of those females has the same measurements as a linebacker, my guess is it’s ok to say “manhandle.” Besides, do you think I’m going to be the one to tell Valerie she’s wrong?