Protesting fans stop gym final
13 April 2012
Angry fans stopped the final of the men's gymnastics high bar for 10 minutes as they booed judges for a poor score that destroyed Russian Alexei Nemov's chance of a 13th Olympic medal.
The competition resumed only when Nemov appealed for calm.
Italy's Igor Cassina went on to win the gold medal with a score of 9.812.
Nemov, 28, a 12-time Olympic medallist, wowed the crowd with his routine but was awarded only 9.725 and failed to make the podium.
The crowd's anger forced a remarkable change by the judges who upgraded his score to 9.762 - which left him in fifth place at the end of the competition.
