Olympics expels Fencing Judges...

[Digitaholic]

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Olympics: Fencing referee expelled

24.08.2004

ATHENS - Fencing chiefs expelled a Hungarian referee from the Olympics and banned him for two years yesterday after he mis-scored the men's team foil final and possibly cost China the gold medal.

Joszef Hidasi wrongly awarded winners Italy six points instead of China, who went on to lose 45-42 in the gold medal decider, said Jochen Faerber, spokesman for the world governing body FIE.

It was the second case of a points error involving medals at the Olympics. Errors in gymnastics scoring cost South Korea's Yang Tae-young a gold, which went to American Paul Hamm.

Faerber would not speculate on whether the mis-marking cost China the fencing gold, since Italy could have changed their tactics during the final to accommodate the marking.

The FIE would not reallocate the medals and would not conduct an investigation. "Why? If we ask him if he took money and he says not, what can we do?

[Ayepecks]

Please no one say this is a race thing, yet again... :rolleyes:

[CoolioVendetta]

the marking at the olympics is a right farce. like the judges giving the russian guy in gymnastics a crappy score today, the crowd made it pretty clear what they thought of the score :p

boooooooooooooooooooooooo ^_<

[SimplyPotatoes]

or the russian girl on the double bars :( i never heard more booing from the crowd....

[sdb815]

These judges are f*cking up big time! They need to start fining them for the inconsistent scores they keep giving. :angry: :devil:

[insurektion]

2 year oh no he cant judge the nex winter games.

[blueshirt]

Being a referee in the Olympics sure do give a lot of pressure.

[rvbfan]

Fencing? correct me if I'm wrong but isn't a point a point.

But judged sports!!!!!

I think they should be banned!!!!

Sport PPHHHAA!!!

More like popularity contests. :crazy:

[Fedorpheux]

Please no one say this is a race thing, yet again... :rolleyes:

lol, i hear that :laugh: ;)

[imtoomuch]

There is always political BS going down at the Olympics. It gets old.