Let’s judge the Worlds Men’s Horizontal Bar Final again — and pick the real winners.
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Four guys “hit” well enough to be considered for medals. If you asked a group of 8yr-old gymnasts which was the “best” routine, all would agree it was Kohei Uchimura. Even if they had no idea who he was.
BIG tricks. Great swing. Stuck dismount.
What kind of a judging system would give the gold to the guy with poor toe point, average swing technique, poor “positions” and much less impressive difficulty (aside from the Jaeger 1/1) … ?
Zhang swings great. I’m happy to award him the Silver.
It’s a toss up for me for the Bronze.
When oh when will FIG “fix” the rules on Horizontal Bar?
Here (again) are those responsible for awarding Uchimura 9.033 execution and Zou Kai 8.741:
HUANG Liping (CHN) – Horizontal Bar Supervisor
Execution Judges:
DOBROVOLSKYI Edvard (UKR)
POP Augustin (ROU)
KELEMEN Zoltan (HUN)
MITEV Dimitar (BUL)
ROCHA Joao (POR)
FIG was very careful not to release the detailed execution scores for each judge, knowing some would be lynched. If you’ve somehow got your hands on all execution scores for routines at Worlds, contact me. I’ll give them to WikiLeaks.
(via The Gymnast Life)
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