SWORD FIGHT
Watch as Paris 2024 Olympics fencer screams house down thinking he had won… before referee awards victory to opponent
It's not his first controversial incident at the Games
ALL’S FAIR in love and war - but allegedly not in Olympic fencing.
And screams of delight soon turned to despair and anger as the world No.1 was eliminated from the men’s sabre event in Paris.
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But Georgia’s Sandro Bazadze refused to leave the Olympic Games quietly.
The 30-year-old suffered a 15-14 defeat to Mohamed Amer of Egypt in their last-16 clash yesterday.
Following the end of the match, both players produced deafening screams in apparent celebration.
Bazadze was convinced that he landed the winning touch before his rival.
And he looked in complete shock when his rival was announced as the winner.
Spanish official Vanesa Chichon checked the video, and the ref still concluded that it was Amer who triumphed.
That left Bazadze absolutely raging as he furiously continued to shout at Chichon, who did well to blank him and his protests as she left the arena.
Bazadze suffered a semi-final loss to Aron Szilagyi at the last Games in Tokyo.
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And he blamed the referee for that as well as he unleashed his frustrations last night following his elimination.
He said: “For the second time, as in Tokyo, the referees kill me.
“In Tokyo they destroyed my life, almost finished my career.
“But I came back and became first in the world and prepare for the Olympic Games but she kills me.”
The emotional Bazadze then claimed that he was “done” in the sport.
He said: “My career is finished, it is done. How can I come back when referees are killing me all the time?
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“She went and checked the video. I have trained for this for 21 years and she treats me like I am no one.
“When I asked her to explain she turns round and goes. The Olympic Games... fairness, where is fairness?”
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He then added: “I came to the Olympics in bad shape in my life.
“I don't know but I will not leave it like this I swear on my sons I will do something.”
What's happening today at The Games?
WHAT TO WATCH TODAY...
THE PARIS 2024 Olympics is now well underway with medals being ticked off and huge events still to come.
SunSport brings you all the action taking place in the French capital on a what is expected to be a huge third day.
Tom Daley looks to retain his 10m synchro diving gold, this time with Noah Williams instead of Matty Lee (10am).
Tatt-mad Matt Richards and Tokyo silver star Duncan Scott are battling for 200m freestyle gold in the swimming pool (7.40pm).
Tom Pidcock goes in the mountain biking cross-country after winning gold three years ago (1.10pm) and it is the finals of equestrian eventing (team 11.15am, individual 2pm).
The men’s team gymnastics final - featuring Max Whitlock - starts at 4.30pm.
In hockey, Team GB women face Australia in their second pool match of this year, looking to make it bronze, gold, bronze, gold in the last four Olympics (4pm).
And there are Brits galore in the sailing down in Marseille (from 11am).
Swimmers Lilly King, Tatjana Smith, Ruta Meilutyte and Tang Qianting make up a star-studded quartet going for women’s 100m breaststroke gold (8.30pm).
It’s Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal in a blockbuster second-round singles clash at Roland Garros, the tennis superstars’ 60th and probably final meeting (12.30pm).
Ukraine’s six-time fencing world champion Olha Kharlan was sent a personal letter by IOC chief Thomas Bach guaranteeing her place at a fifth Olympics.
She was disqualified from the fencing world champs last year for refusing to shake hands with her Russian opponent. The women’s sabre final is at 8.45pm.
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