par Olympic rer jakomo perini has been accused of cheating and stripped off his bronze medal at the Paris games due to one small and easily avoidable mistake the Italian athlete allegedly used an illegal device during his event which is against the rules and it eventually led to his disqualification and what was the device well perini forgot to remove his cell phone from his boat ahead of the race costing him a medal perini ended third in pr1 men's single skulls final the qualification for those using only their arms and shoulders to row however his Joy was shortlived as World rowing later announced his disqualification the rule categorically States no communication with the crew is permitted from outside the boat using electric or electronic equipment perini said it was an oversight that he left his phone in a small bag on the boat which also contained a bottle of water he disagreed with World rowing saying he wasn't in breach of the rule the Italian rowing Federation filed an appeal which was rejected and said they were preparing to appeal the decision to the world rowing executive board a surprising mistake and disappointment for perini who is so fully responsible for having forgotten it on the boat well what are your thoughts on this do let us know in the comment section