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From Left: Michael Elinescu, Entscho Wladow

Dirty dealings: bridge world champions caught cheating

The sedate world of bridge has been shaken after two world champions were found guilty of cheating, by exchanging coded signals via coughs

By Robert Mendick, and Patrick Jourdain, Daily Telegraph
9:00PM GMT 29 Mar 2014

For aficianados of the card game bridge, it’s enough to have them spluttering into their cornflakes.

The game’s image lies in tatters this morning after two German world champions were found guilty of cheating by exchanging coded signals through coughing.

After a lengthy investigation that involved the computer analysis of a video recording of their victory in the final, the game’s governing body has concluded that the two men used a system of coughs to indicate what cards they had.

Michael Elinescu, 61, and Entscho Wladow, 71, now face being stripped of their gold medals won in September at the world championships held on the paradise island of Bali.

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