ESIC, the organization that oversees fair play, released a statement on Tuesday saying that Bulgarian cyber athlete Anton «ToH1o» Georgiev will be able to return to coaching again. Last September, he was among several dozen coaches who were banned for using a bug that allowed them to watch the opposing team in action. ToH1o was banned from competing for ten months, however, he later appealed.
In September, an investigation found that ToH1o had used a coaching bug during two matches in 2018. However, the cyber athlete managed to convince ESIC that the bug manifested itself during the game by accident, without his purposeful actions, and the organization agreed to lift the ban before it expired. ToH1o commented to HLTV portal as follows: «I would like to thank ESIC for their understanding and for giving me a chance to appeal and bring a lot of evidence related to my case… I am glad to be back to work again and ready to start working with any roster, from any region. I've been following the events on the professional scene closely, so I'm up to date with all the news!»
ToH1o – is already the second cyber sportsman to have his ban completely lifted by ESIC. In the past, forZe coach Sergei «lmbt» Bezhanov was able to prove that he was not at his computer during the moments when the matches that came under suspicion showed «coaching bug».
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