On Saturday 29 August, the best-known Italian sports newspaper headline so, signed by a famous sports journalist that we esteem: "Giorgi and Rigaudo, double disqualification. It’s a Chinese set up?”
Given the title in three columns from the message, not so much of an ambiguous "Chinese plotting” (not just a question mark to change the perception of the message), were analyzed in the article body, to be honest, very carefully the events led to the DQ of the two Italian walkers, the allegations by those who defended the view of the plot, and finally the defense put forward in the words of Maurizio Damilano, of which we only extrapolate some words: "... but speaking of organized plotting, with current management systems of race, it is inappropriate. "
What we are not liked very much isn’t the analysis, which may or may not be shared, but the huge disproportion between the difference of the message of the title (even if followed by a question mark) and the analysis in the body article.
The same happened fifteen years ago in Sydney, when there was talk of conspiracy to Elisabetta Perrone, while little is said on the similar situation happened to the Australian Jane Saville at entrance of the stadium.
The same happened also in the last meters of the 10km women (this was the distance at that time) twenty-three years ago, with Ileana Salvador and Alina Ivanova (RUS) in Barcelona, but fortunately there wasn't talk of conspiracy.
We would have expected a bit more caution in choosing the title.
We would have avoided the onset of the controversy at a time in which just will not feel the need, and the bad impression with foreign readers.
For lovers of memories and comparisons we publish links to "Summaries" of the indicated competitions.