At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Su Yiming won the silver medal in the snowboard jump, which was the first winter Olympic men's medal in Chinese snowboarding, creating history. After the end of the competition, Su Yiming made two 1800-degree turns, and was the only player in the whole field to complete the five-turn body, but did not win the gold medal, which also caused great controversy. Many people said that Su Yiming was obviously pressed by the referee, and the athlete himself also said generously in an interview: "Thank you for your attention to me, I am in a good state today, and I have completed the actions I want to do." I didn't pay special attention to each referee's score, but I was happy to get that score. ”
On February 10, the chief referee of the snowboard jump final admitted in an interview that he had scored high for Canada's champion Max Parrott. He said that in the referees' replay angle, he did not see Max Parrot's misstep, and when they realized the error, the score had been submitted and could not be modified.
So if according to the referee, Max Parrote should be deducted these 3 points, after deducting these 3 points, Su Yiming should be the first, Mark silver, Max Parrote bronze.
In the final, the absolute champion belongs to the second round, when Max Parrott got 90.96, 2.26 points higher than Su Yiming, and it was these 2.26 points that became the championship watershed, during which Su Yiming jumped 1800 moves on the third jumping platform, the most difficult, and scored 9.65 points, while the controversial Canadian referee Carter Smith was responsible for the third prop area, Su Yiming only scored 7.45 points, compared to the referee's compatriots, It was also gold medalist Parot who scored 9.05 points, and the gap was widened.
Therefore, Su Yiming should have won the gold medal, and the champion Max Parrott made a mistake in grasping the board, and the referee "did not see" at the first time, and when the reaction came, the score was already submitted. It can be said that Su Yiming performed perfectly, but lost the championship, and Max Parrote, who made a mistake in grasping the board, won the gold medal because the referee did not see it, the perfect runner-up and the gold medal of the mistake, so it seems that Su Yiming is indeed too wronged. This can understand why when Su Yiming won the silver medal, so many netizens complained for him.
It is worth mentioning that after Su Yiming's game, he and the coaching team never publicly attacked the referee's decision. Su Yiming pays more attention to his own actions, and Su Yiming's coach Yasuhiro Sato said: "This is a very comprehensive project, if you want to get a high score, you must be perfect in every link, this jump may be Su Yiming has some small mistakes in the props area, resulting in losing a little point, this is part of the game, we will not complain about the referee's judgment, I am proud that Xiaoming can achieve such results." ”
So it is very unjust to lose the gold medal, but the response of Su Yiming himself and the coach is very heartwarming, compared to other representative teams who frantically attacked the referee without getting the gold medal, Su Yiming's approach is right. Of course, I also hope that the referee can make a fair judgment, after all, athletes have worked hard for such a long time, they need to make their performance fair scores and achievements.