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Don't know whether to feel sorry for the girl or not. On one hand she was "robbed". On the other hand, getting "robbed" and last second defeats are fairly common in other sports like football and basketball.

 

Anyway, I feel FIE shouldn't even offer a special medal. Machiam adding insult to injury

 

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LONDON (Reuters) - Fencing's world governing body (FIE) said on Tuesday it had offered South Korean Shin A-lam a special medal following her controversial elimination from the Olympic epee semi-final.

 

"The FIE (Federation International d'Escrime) will give an FIE medal to Shin A Lam," a spokesman said.

 

The exact date, location and who would make the presentation have not yet been worked out yet.

 

"It will probably occur during the Olympics," the spokesman added, giving the first official indication that the FIE recognised there was a problem with their timing systems.

 

The inscription is to say: "For aspiration to win and respect of the rules."

 

On Monday a weeping Shin staged a one-hour protest and had to be physically escorted off the fencing piste following her loss to Germany's Britta Heidemann.

 

Her protest created one of these Games' more unsightly images of an athlete slumped over and distraught but forced to endure the eyes of over 7,000 spectators while sitting alone on a dramatically spot-lit piste, pristine in her white uniform.

 

The row erupted when two double-touches were recorded with a second to go and Shin thought she had triumphed. However, a single second was put back on the clock after some discussion.

 

Heidemann then unleashed a blistering surge forward, hitting Shin while also avoiding her blade.

 

At a news conference on Tuesday, Korean Olympic Committee President Park Yong-sung said that the FIE recognised there were issues with their timekeeping and apologised to Shin.

 

The FIE also praised Shin for competing in the bronze medal match, which she later lost to China's Sun Yujie.

 

"I spoke to the FIE today. They never expected this kind of thing to happen in the last second, three attacks. Their timekeeping machine is only in seconds, not points of a second," Park said.

 

"Because of this system design they could not handle the situation correctly yesterday, that they admit."

 

An FIE statement issued earlier on Tuesday had said the technical director's decision was final.

 

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Cfm felt sorry for her

It's daylight robbery

Imagine she trained so hard

And she was leading

The clock jammed??????

 

She may not lose even if the game was postpone

 

And I always scare when girls cry

Lol

Leg goes soft

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I see this as similiar to a football match where too much stoppage time is given and the opponent scores a winner in the last second. It sucks but what to do?

 

I hope she refuses the special medal. Otherwise she will look like a kindergarden kid being sayang for losing.

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Its not like a football match where the ref can add extra time.

 

It was a case of "South Korean fencer lost medal due to clock getting stuck."

 

Anyway Sir Alex Ferguson has ordered a dozen of these clocks for use at Old Trafford.

 

:D

 

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Its not like a football match where the ref can add extra time.

 

It was a case of "South Korean fencer lost medal due to clock getting stuck."

 

Anyway Sir Alex Ferguson has ordered a dozen of these clocks for use at Old Trafford.

 

:D

 

Naa More like the London Olympics committee ordered from Sir Alex Ferguson to use for the Olympics [laugh]

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I think she was robbed. I don't see what's the point of giving her a special medal though.

Just to remind her of the time she got robbed of at least a silver?

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Damn solid....can cry 2 hrs. Think Kim Jong Un looking to hire her for his funeral....cry nonstop...good for media

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hmmm....isn't omega the official timekeeper for the olympics? thot they would have to give her a diamond studded watch as an apology. [laugh]

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Olympics boh standard leh. [thumbsdown]

this Olympic really boh standard.

 

Ppl flag also can put wrongly. now this blunder. dont know how many more going to turn up.

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hmmm....isn't omega the official timekeeper for the olympics? thot they would have to give her a diamond studded watch as an apology. [laugh]

 

 

no Rolex meh?? [laugh] [laugh]

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