Andrew Fischl
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It's very odd. And again, nothing was conclusively proven, but enough people thought this was weird that a referee who was in charge of one of her matches earlier did this. At the end of that competition, they actually confiscated all the equipment of all the top four fencers to examine it. But... They did it after the medal ceremony, so about 10 minutes after.
It's very odd. And again, nothing was conclusively proven, but enough people thought this was weird that a referee who was in charge of one of her matches earlier did this. At the end of that competition, they actually confiscated all the equipment of all the top four fencers to examine it. But... They did it after the medal ceremony, so about 10 minutes after.
It's very odd. And again, nothing was conclusively proven, but enough people thought this was weird that a referee who was in charge of one of her matches earlier did this. At the end of that competition, they actually confiscated all the equipment of all the top four fencers to examine it. But... They did it after the medal ceremony, so about 10 minutes after.
And during that period of time, that equipment was not watched over or attended.
And during that period of time, that equipment was not watched over or attended.
And during that period of time, that equipment was not watched over or attended.
So when that happened, the Italian Federation said that the proof was inconclusive. They couldn't figure it out. But a self-proclaimed expert wrote an email to International Fencing and had about 20 different people who were high ranking in the FIE at the time. detailing a bunch of matches that this fencer was involved with and situations that this person felt were anomalies, as he called them.
So when that happened, the Italian Federation said that the proof was inconclusive. They couldn't figure it out. But a self-proclaimed expert wrote an email to International Fencing and had about 20 different people who were high ranking in the FIE at the time. detailing a bunch of matches that this fencer was involved with and situations that this person felt were anomalies, as he called them.
So when that happened, the Italian Federation said that the proof was inconclusive. They couldn't figure it out. But a self-proclaimed expert wrote an email to International Fencing and had about 20 different people who were high ranking in the FIE at the time. detailing a bunch of matches that this fencer was involved with and situations that this person felt were anomalies, as he called them.
And he evaluated them on three criteria. One, that the anomalies occurred almost exclusively with this fencer on the strip. Two, they were pretty much almost all in benefit of this one particular fencer.
And he evaluated them on three criteria. One, that the anomalies occurred almost exclusively with this fencer on the strip. Two, they were pretty much almost all in benefit of this one particular fencer.
And he evaluated them on three criteria. One, that the anomalies occurred almost exclusively with this fencer on the strip. Two, they were pretty much almost all in benefit of this one particular fencer.
And three, and I think this is the most compelling point of all, when this fencer was not present on the strip, all scoring apparatus worked pretty much normally for every other match of that day, of that tournament. It's just when she was present, she seemed to have a lot of anomalies going in her favor. And when she wasn't present, everything seemed fine.
And three, and I think this is the most compelling point of all, when this fencer was not present on the strip, all scoring apparatus worked pretty much normally for every other match of that day, of that tournament. It's just when she was present, she seemed to have a lot of anomalies going in her favor. And when she wasn't present, everything seemed fine.
And three, and I think this is the most compelling point of all, when this fencer was not present on the strip, all scoring apparatus worked pretty much normally for every other match of that day, of that tournament. It's just when she was present, she seemed to have a lot of anomalies going in her favor. And when she wasn't present, everything seemed fine.
She did send me something, but she also said that she did not want me to make any sort of comment on it at all. Understood. She didn't want to have to comment on this on the record. And I can understand that this was a stressful time for her, but I feel that it's very important to, when something like this happens, to make people aware of it.
She did send me something, but she also said that she did not want me to make any sort of comment on it at all. Understood. She didn't want to have to comment on this on the record. And I can understand that this was a stressful time for her, but I feel that it's very important to, when something like this happens, to make people aware of it.
She did send me something, but she also said that she did not want me to make any sort of comment on it at all. Understood. She didn't want to have to comment on this on the record. And I can understand that this was a stressful time for her, but I feel that it's very important to, when something like this happens, to make people aware of it.
So that, one, anyone who's considering doing something hypothetically similar in the future would think twice about it. And also just so that people are aware that this is going on. Because this person is still competing. Right. And as far as I'm aware... There haven't been any anomalies since then, but this did happen. It wasn't acknowledged at all, and this person is still active in the sport.
So that, one, anyone who's considering doing something hypothetically similar in the future would think twice about it. And also just so that people are aware that this is going on. Because this person is still competing. Right. And as far as I'm aware... There haven't been any anomalies since then, but this did happen. It wasn't acknowledged at all, and this person is still active in the sport.