A furious Jack Burnell accused the defending marathon swimming champion of pulling his leg in the last minute of the Olympic race and costing him a shot at 10km gold in Rio today. Angry that the judges had handed down yellow cards and a disqualification in the last few strokes of a two-hour battle, the 23-year-old Briton described the race as an “absolute outrage” that had ruined four years of preparation. Burnell had initially been declared the bronze medallist after Sprios Giannotis, of Greece, and Ferry Weertman, of the Netherlands. Seconds later, the scoreboard rolled and Weertman was given gold…

Source: The Times August 16, 2016 16:12 UTC