![]() ![]() Orchestrating the large event takes precious time away from his family, he added. “Everyone sacrifices so much” to stage and compete in tournaments, he said. ![]() ![]() “As this is an open investigation, we have no further comment at this time,” she wrote in an email to CNN.įischer was “absolutely disgusted” when he discovered the alleged cheating, he said. Stephanie O’Grady, media and outreach specialist at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, told CNN the department collected evidence Friday and is preparing a report for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. Neither Runyan nor Cominsky responded to CNN’s request for comment.įischer said tournament officials are in touch with local authorities. Lead weights were found inside the team's catch. Competitors face off to see who can achieve the highest total weight for a bucket of five walleyes caught in Lake Erie. The prize money at each tournament he hosts comes from the entry fee each angler pays to compete.įischer hosts around eight tournaments over the course of the year, drawing competitors from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, he said. ![]() Runyan and his teammate, Chase Cominsky, were set to win a $28,760 prize, Fischer told CNN. The video also shows Fischer telling Runyan to leave and telling the crowd not to touch him. “You just lost everything,” one person is heard saying to the angler. “We got weights in fish,” Fischer shouted. Jacob Runyan, one member of the two-person team who allegedly cheated, stood by silently watching in one video Fischer shared with CNN. The moment when Fischer discovered the alleged cheating was documented in several now-viral videos posted on social media, showing Fischer, surrounded by competitors, slice open the fish with a knife and pull out what he said was a lead ball. Saint Louis - 11-September-2022 LOS05257 - Lennart Ootes - Hans Niemann.jpg Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess TourĬhess organization will investigate cheating allegations made by world champion Magnus Carlsen ![]()
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