Blythe Lawrence questions the podium ranking from the Final at Pan-Ams.
1. Diego Hypolito 6.8 + 9.000 = 15.800
2. Tomás González 6.5 + 9.125 = 15.625
Click PLAY or watch Hypolito on YouTube. (9.0 execution)
Click PLAY or watch González on YouTube. (9.15 execution)
I agree. Gonzales was far cleaner. The 0.15 differential is unjust. I’d go as far as to say that Tomás should have won the gold medal.
Once again, this example shows that FIG is generally deciding ranking by difficulty. I still cannot fathom why. Any FIG judge in the world would appreciate the difference in quality.
Disclosure. I’ve always felt Diego gets over-scored. He’s one of those who makes not even a pretense of having any style.
related – Kyle Shewfelt on Gonzales v Zou Kai
… A while back, I made a proposal to one of the FIG men’s technical committee members to restrict the number of passes on men’s floor exercise to 5 and to add 10 extra seconds to the length of a routine in order to encourage time for a little bit of artistry. I believe that this could make a huge difference in preserving the “artistic” part of the sport. Unfortunately, I’m still waiting to hear back…
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