Change of opinion in judging!?

Question

So all of this time I haven't really payed much attention tot he judging and all of that and never gave it much attention, but im starting to think that the judging is really bad. By the way I am Canadian and rooting for team Canada but also supporting all the other countries. Now I do not think that the chineese gymnasts are underage but I do think that the judging in the gymnastics was pretty bad and that the US should have scored higher than they did in some of theier routines. I'm not complaining because im not even from the US. And then i found this article: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/indepth/olympics/s/afp/080820/canada/oly2008_taekwondo_referees

The Canadian was issueing her hits and no points were added on, and there are also other athletes form different countries who quote that they were judged unfairly. Now I do not think that China is cheating but I do think that the judging is unfair. Has anybody else came across any other events where the judging was unfair besides the gymnastics and what was covered in this article? And who else agrees?

Answer 1

Concerning the tie breaker between Liukin and He:

Originally, the scores are determined by adding the difficulty with the execution scores given by various judges with the 2 lowest and the highest execution scores dropped. By this process, the two girls tied exactly with the same difficulty score of 7.7.

To break the tie, the Olympics guidelines (which was already agreed upon by all participating nations before the games have started) said to include the second lowest score of both athletes into the scoring process. By doing this He's second lowest score was a 9.1 and Liukin's second lowest was a 9.0 which makes He's average higher by the thousandth point giving her the gold.  

Answer 2

i don't think judging is a problem because all judges are from different countries,china cant judge themselves,i really dont think judge from australia might favor china

Answer 3

I agree about the Chinese gymnasts and China cheating. They are NOT. It's funny actually how people say that. "Omg the Chinese divers are way too good, their robots!" >_> "OMG they must be cheating!" It's so stupid, but I agree about the juding sometimes. Diving, I think.  

Answer 4

i think this was the worst olympics with all that controversy! too much of it isnt the olympics just spposeded to be about winnin medals and havin the time of ur life not lots of controversy!!

Answer 5

the girls are underage they checked their teeth and found out that the girls are between 10 and 12 years of age.  

Answer 6

i would answer, but since i'm an american, i'd be seen just as a whiner.

Answer 7

I completely agree. I think the judging has been unfair especially in gymnastics! US could've gotten more gold if it wasn't for the judging and those underage girls. Sigh, i just hope the judging will be better for the next Olympics.