Her journey Doras Gundura at the Paris Olympics ended in quarter final stage, conquering the 5th place in Women’s Spades!
The Greek fencer produced a stunning display throughout the day, both in wins over Canada’s Pamela Brid’Amour and France’s Cecilia Berner, however, some details, but also the arbitration, denied them the qualification to the semi-finals of the competition, knowing the limit losing 15-13 to Manu Apici-Brunet.
The 27-year-old champion (belonging to bwin’s Team Future) battled to a tie with the world No.3, with the two athletes going point-for-point until 12-12. There, the French woman got two collected points for 14-12, with her Gundura to reduce to 14-13 and make the match a thriller.
However, somewhere in there, in the next two strokes, both Italian referee Luigi Martilotti and Var Laura Dekker could not make a clear decision on which player would get the point, charging as not occurring these two attacks.
Decisions that caused outrage and strong complaints, both the Greek athlete and her coach, who even after the end of the match declared that they were wronged, thanks also to the fact that Brunei was playing at home and in front of a “hot” stadium…
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