Only 2.26 points away, Su Yiming lost to Canada's Palote, and was relegated to the second place. Only Su Yiming completed the 1800-degree turn, why didn't the Canadian player score high? Is the referee's score fair? There are many viewers who have questions about the scoring and are upset about Su Yiming.
Screenshot of official results
According to the official race results bulletin, the scoring method for the snowboard slope obstacle course is to divide the track into 6 segments, the first three in the props area and the last three in the platform area. Comparing the best performance of the champion Canada's Palote and Su Yiming in the final, careful analysis shows that Palot scored 8.05, 8.85 and 9.05 in the props section. Su Yiming scored 7.90, 7.20 and 7.45 in these three scoring segments. It can be clearly seen that in these three scoring segments, Su Yiming is more behind his opponents, reaching 3.4 points. Compared with his own preliminary performance, Su Yiming's performance in these three areas has also declined, 3 points less than at that time.
In the last three stages of the jumping area competition, Su Yiming finished better than Palot. In the case of similar landing quality, Su Yiming's overall action difficulty exceeds that of his opponent. Paloth scored 9.35, 8.50 and 9.30 points in three jumping moves. Su Yiming scored 8.7, 9.0 and 9.65 points in these three segments. The jump that completed the 1800-degree spin scored 9.65 points, which is also the highest score for a single stage on the day of the final.
The sum of the scores in all six segments is 60% of the final score, and the other 40% is determined by the overall performance score of the players. Su Yiming's overall performance score reached 38.80, higher than Canada's Palote's 37.86 points. If you have to analyze where Su Yiming lost, it is that the performance in the first half of the props area is not as good as the opponent.
Su Yiming himself did not care about the scoring results, he believed that every athlete who could appear in the Winter Olympics was considered the first place. Su Yiming's Japanese coach Sato said that perhaps Su Yiming had some small mistakes in the game that affected the score, but he was not sure, but just happy. The first time he played in the Olympic Games, he could win the silver medal, and Su Yiming was good enough.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporters Li Yuanfei, Chen Jiakun, and Deng Fangjia
Edited by Gao Chenchen
Process Editor Wu Yue