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Pineapple pizza insults fly over Italian-Hong Kong fencing final

Cheung Ka-Long of Hong Kong (R) congratulates Filippo Macchi of Italy react after the fencing men's foil individual gold medal bout on day three of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Grand Palais

By NBC Olympics

Published July 30, 2024 9:18 AM

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Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka-Long’s 15-14 win in the men’s foil against Italy’s Filippo Macchi in a disputed bout has seen a barrage of insults from both sides with the Italians launching a formal complaint against the result.

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