Bad news for our sport. This story has hit the mainstream media. The general public will assume that all judges cheat. … Or all Chinese judges.
FIG:
… brought a disciplinary suit against a Chinese Men’s Artistic Gymnastics judge for having violated the ethical code and judging rules.
The incident took place at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou (CHN) in November of 2010, during the Men’s Artistic Floor Final.
A Chinese judge on the Difficulty panel, Mr Shao Bin, modified an Execution score prior to its release without informing either the head Execution judge or the Superior Jury; Mr Bin committed this act upon his own initiative and with complete disregard for the rules in force. His action led to Chinese gymnast Zhang Chenglong’s ascent from second to first place, tied with Kim Soo Myun of Korea …
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I don’t see how there could be any appeal on behalf of Shao Bin.
GymNiceTic posted those routines if you want to see them.
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Note how even the Difficulty judge in this case was aware of what Execution score was needed for a medal in the Floor final.
Be aware that all the WAG judges at American Cup knew exactly what execution score Jordyn Wieber needed on Floor to win the All-around.
Update: Some felt the last sentence (above) was some sort of slight against Jordyn. Or that specific judging panel.
Not so.
My point is as stated – good judges at the end of the meet know what score is needed to put an athlete on the podium.
In the case of American Cup, they knew, and decided that Jordyn should win the AA. And I agreed (eventually) that was the correct ranking. Kudos to the American Cup judges for getting that ranking right, despite the appearance of yet another SCAm.
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