Why is China's fault?

Question

BOTH SCORED: 16.725 points

Australia's Helen Colagiuri: He Kexin: 9.30 Nastia: 9:00

Tie-break system developed in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/gymnastics/gymnastics-judge-blamed-for-defeat-a-hrefhttpwwwsmhcomaumultimediabeijing08gymnastics0818galleryhtmlbphotosba/2008/08/19/1218911636723.html

Answer 1

Who think that Atlanta 1996, American Devers robbed Jamican Ottey of Women 100m Gold even both tie 10.94s?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgG2W9lG_...

Who think that Athens 2004, American Paul Hamm robbed Koreans Kim Dae-eun and Yang Tae-young of Men Gymnastics Men All-Round Gold due to wrong marking?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/ol...

Answer 2

I totally agree.  One should blame the tie-breaking system and the judges if they are unhappy with the score, not the country who benefited from the flaw.  It's not China's or He Kexin's fault that Australia gave her a higher score, or that the tie breaking system is flawed.  It's the judge and the system, not the country or athlete.

Answer 3

It's not China's fault. Anytime you introduce a human element - judges, you have to account for error. Gymnastics has had their share of controversies and scandal, and this should have been expected of these games as well. My personal opinion is that the Olympic games are a farce. It no longer brings together competitors for the glory of sport. It is a well-oiled marketing machine that is entrenched in corruption and scandal leaving in its wake the burden of carrying its bloated cost to the public of the host city. This event also allows professionals into a realm, once only privy to amateurs, who did, what they did, for the love of the sport. Olympics - Bah, Humbug !!

Answer 4

It's not China's fault, it's the judges fault.  Kexin clearly made larger errors in her routine.

Answer 5

It's not China's fault according to Nastia's father. He blames the Australian judge for being biased towards the Chinese.

I call it bad sportsmanship by the americans.

Answer 6

It is not Chinas fault. It is the fault of the Olympic Committee. To randomly create a tie breaker that throws out the low judging scores is absurd. Either they both should have won gold or their should be a more valid tie breaking format.

However, in addition, there should be better criteria for choosing judges. The Australian clearly was not qualified as is evidenced by her comparison to other judges score levels and the general consensus.

If it were me and I was the Chinese gold medal winner I would not have flaunted my success, but instead, would have reached my hand out to bring Nastia up on the gold podium with me.

Answer 7

Really....it is the Australian judges error by giving the chinese girl a 9.3 on a routine that was obviously not on par with Nastia's.

The hot bed of gymnastics (AUSTRALIA) that is a great place to find a judge for gymnastics. A country that has never even won a medal in the sport and they have a judge that is qualified to judge at the Olympics???

2008 SCREWED OVER Olympics is more like it....

Answer 8

Judges are subjective and have been shown to be biased and bribed. That is well documented as shown in boxing and gymnastics.

Thats why the Chinese will win no medals in athletics.  No judges.  Just a finish line and absolute victor.  Take the judges out and see who wins.  Bring on the Track and Field events.

Sit down, Liu Xiang.  There's no judges to bail you out.

Answer 9

9.3?  I don't remember seeing any 9.3 for He...

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Answer 10

Because China cheated by pretending the gymnasts were 16 not 12 and 13 like they look.  Morons.

Answer 11

Yup. I'm just kind of angry at the tie-break system. If they got the same score, then they should have the same standing.