Here’s 8 of the most controversial Summer Olympics moments
1.) A Lam Shin of South Korea waits to hear the outcome of an appeal to overturn the judges’ ruling over the issue of a delayed clock that caused her to lose during the London 2012 Olympic Games’ Women’s Epee Individual Fencing Semifinals, July 30, 2012. Germany’s Britta Heidemann scored the final point with one second left on the clock to win against Shin, whose appeal to the technical director was rejected. Shin claimed that a timekeeping mishap allowed her opponent extra time to strike and refused to leave the piste for 75 minutes following the match.
The London 2012 Summer Olympics have only been going on for four days. In those mere days the athletes have shed blood sweat and tears all in the name of Olympic Glory. But some stories don't end in Gold. GlobalPost is taking a look at some of the biggest controversies in the history of the Olympics.
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