Sazar
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I am sure those who have been watching the olympic coverage know all about the paul hamm situation wrt to the all-around individual gold... as well as with khorkina in the women's all-around...
however the last day or so of the events in the individual event finals has been even more appalling...
I am not be an expert by any means wrt judging... but it is very clear to me when I see the same skill sets and see the same general mistakes made then I assume the one who performed the rest of the event cleanly and with a higher general level of difficulty would win...
not so in the mens gymnastic individual events..
i was awake watching the re-run of the gymnastics last night and there was alexei nemov of russia performing a flaw-less routine marred only by a step-out on his dismount from the high bar event...
the score came up and SOMEHOW his routine which included SIX release skills of the utmost difficulty scored less than the less risky and less smooth sets done by the two men before him...
in fact of the two men before him the japanese gymnast was also somehow mysteriously scored lower than the guy who went after..
anyways back to nemov... his overall routine was IMO and everyone elses in the arena head and shoulders better than the score given... he stood in 3rd place @ the time..
the booing and cat-calls continued and finally the judges conferred and the score miraculously changed... but he was STILL 3rd...
more boo'ing and cat-calls... more delays and finally nemov himself asked the crowd to keep quiet so paul hamm could do his routine...
paul hamm finished his routine which went well enough and dismounted... the dismount was not clean and he hopped...
result?
he received by far the highest score of anyone else in the event to the point and nemov was out of the medals...
MORE booing and catcalls...
were it not for an excellent routine by the italian lad this farce would have culminated in a riot and possible lynching of the judges...
nemov's landing was not great but neither was hamms nor the guy who finished 3rd... only the italian lad had a seemingly flawless performance (including 2 ridiculously tricky releases) and yet SOMEHOW hamm had the same score? even though the italian had a perfect landing?
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Given the fact that the judges couldn't judge worth a damn why is it that the FIG refuses to over-turn results that are obviously flawed and compensate the atheletes who DESERVE the medals?
the south korean in the mens event and nemov in the high-bar are the 2 most obvious examples... the japanese lad on the beam also clearly robbed...
its just been a farce this whole time... starting with the american delegation being informed 3 of their gymnists scores would be judged from a lowered start value with no explanation..
and paul hamm.. I respect your efforts and applaud your excellent come-back but you know that the south-korean lad deserves that gold because he earned it... that is not sportsmanship...
however the last day or so of the events in the individual event finals has been even more appalling...
I am not be an expert by any means wrt judging... but it is very clear to me when I see the same skill sets and see the same general mistakes made then I assume the one who performed the rest of the event cleanly and with a higher general level of difficulty would win...
not so in the mens gymnastic individual events..
i was awake watching the re-run of the gymnastics last night and there was alexei nemov of russia performing a flaw-less routine marred only by a step-out on his dismount from the high bar event...
the score came up and SOMEHOW his routine which included SIX release skills of the utmost difficulty scored less than the less risky and less smooth sets done by the two men before him...
in fact of the two men before him the japanese gymnast was also somehow mysteriously scored lower than the guy who went after..
anyways back to nemov... his overall routine was IMO and everyone elses in the arena head and shoulders better than the score given... he stood in 3rd place @ the time..
the booing and cat-calls continued and finally the judges conferred and the score miraculously changed... but he was STILL 3rd...
more boo'ing and cat-calls... more delays and finally nemov himself asked the crowd to keep quiet so paul hamm could do his routine...
paul hamm finished his routine which went well enough and dismounted... the dismount was not clean and he hopped...
result?
he received by far the highest score of anyone else in the event to the point and nemov was out of the medals...
MORE booing and catcalls...
were it not for an excellent routine by the italian lad this farce would have culminated in a riot and possible lynching of the judges...
nemov's landing was not great but neither was hamms nor the guy who finished 3rd... only the italian lad had a seemingly flawless performance (including 2 ridiculously tricky releases) and yet SOMEHOW hamm had the same score? even though the italian had a perfect landing?
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Given the fact that the judges couldn't judge worth a damn why is it that the FIG refuses to over-turn results that are obviously flawed and compensate the atheletes who DESERVE the medals?
the south korean in the mens event and nemov in the high-bar are the 2 most obvious examples... the japanese lad on the beam also clearly robbed...
its just been a farce this whole time... starting with the american delegation being informed 3 of their gymnists scores would be judged from a lowered start value with no explanation..
and paul hamm.. I respect your efforts and applaud your excellent come-back but you know that the south-korean lad deserves that gold because he earned it... that is not sportsmanship...