Fencing's Never-Ending Second
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Fencing's Never-Ending Second
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The Never Ending Second was a controversial moment in the 2012 Summer Olympics Women's Épée Semi Final which happened on the 30th of July 2012. The bout was between Britta Heidemann of Germany and Shin A-lam of Korea. The controversy rolled around due to a mistake with the timekeeping, leading to extra time in the sudden death priority minute, leading Heidemann to another Olympic final's appearance. The controversy led to fencing clocks needing to be timed in increments of milliseconds as oppose
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Olympic Fencing controversial decision
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing%27s_Never-Ending_Second
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2024-05-03T00:06:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T08:18:17Z
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