the Paris par Olympics were rocked by a cheating scandal that saw Australia win bronze after a disqualification Italian rower jao perini was found to have a communication device believed to be a mobile phone in his boat during the men's pr1 single skulls final which is strictly against the rules Australia's Eric hry initially finished fourth but was elevated to the bronze medal after Pini was disqualified by officials and relegated to last place Horry told nine there was a situation that happened World rowing and Paralympics of offal saw it and then made the decision and I was lucky enough to come away with the bronze he added it's the joys of sport There are rules and as athletes we stick to them I'm just excited about getting the bronze