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A Serbian athlete who made the sign of the cross at the Paris Olympics one day after the opening ceremony of the games mocked Christianity has been punished for his action. Judo star Nemanja Majdov says he is not the least bit apologetic despite being banned from competing for five months by the International Judo Federation. Prior to his match against Theodoros Tselidis of Greece on July 31, Majdov made the sign of the cross, according to the New York Post. Majdov lost the match. Majdov, who was the world’s third-ranked judoka in his weight class at the time of his ban, won a gold medal at th…

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