Six-time Italian champion Enrico Pozzo has filed a legal inquiry into the judging panel at last weekend’s national championships in Ancona, Italian media reported Tuesday.
Pozzo filed his complaint with a federal prosecutor over the presence of one judge, “La Stampa” newspaper reported. One of the judges in Ancona was a regional director, although the Italian Gymnastics Federation’s rules forbid regional directors from judging at national championships …
Pozzo came just shy of capturing his seventh national all-around title in Ancona, finishing second all-around to Ludovico Edalli by .05. After Saturday’s competition, Pozzo did not mince words and said the scoring was politically motivated. He also withdrew from Sunday’s apparatus finals.
Pozzo’s six titles (2003-2005, 2007, 2011-2012) put him in tie with the legendary Jury Chechi (1989-1993, 1995) and Franco Menichelli (1960, 1962-1966) as Italy’s second-most decorated national champion in men’s gymnastics. Guido Figone holds the all-time record with eight titles, won from 1948-1955.
I like this trend where gymnasts and coaches are appealing loudly. And speaking to the media when they feel they’ve been wronged.
Judges are far too unaccountable for their scores, in my opinion.
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