It has been two days since Su Yiming completed a historic breakthrough and won the silver medal in men's veneer slope obstacle skills at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, but the controversy surrounding the referee's penalty continues.
"The olympic snowboard chief referee explained what happened in the slope slalom skill final" - Whitelines, a well-known European website focusing on snowboard news, videos and competitions, reported on the 8th that in the men's steeplechase final of the Beijing Winter Olympics held on February 7, Canada's Max Parot was controversial in the referee of the project because of the gold medal, and the referee was subsequently interviewed by the media, telling the score given to Parrott at that time, in the explanation, He mentioned one of the most classic scenes in the history of the World Cup , the "Hand of God" incident...
Screenshot of the Whitelines website report
On February 7, in the final of the men's slope steeplechase skills at the Beijing Winter Olympics, 17-year-old Chinese team youngster Su Yiming won the silver medal, creating the best result in the history of the project for the Chinese team, which is also the second medal of the Chinese team in this Winter Olympics. After Su Yiming picked up the silver, many netizens on social media at home and abroad were upset about Su Yiming, thinking that Su Yiming performed better, and the score of the direct call game could not be understood, and some people thought that Su Yiming was "robbed of the gold medal", and directly pointed out that the champion Max Parot did not complete the grasping action, but completed the action by grabbing the knee.
Photo: Global Times- Global Network/Cui Meng
Public opinion continues to ferment, and British sports host and commentator Ed Leigh also said in the British media commentary report, "It is difficult to remember which referee's penalty can cause so much discussion and harsh comments as the decision to award the gold medal in the slope obstacle course competition on Monday to Max Parot".
On the 8th, the project's chief magistrate, Iztok Sumatik, was interviewed by Whitelines and responded to the controversy:
"Yesterday was tough for everyone. There are some comments, emails or texts, uh... Very candid and honest. But we are professionals and we have to take responsibility – even if it's not our fault. Sumatik first said of the controversy, "I understand this sentiment, it's just a question that people haven't thought about before commenting." If you look at it from a rational point of view, these are the most experienced referees in the world, they have participated in the (snowboarding) US Open, X GAMES, Dew Tour... But if anyone thinks that this group of judges rewards the action of grabbing the knee, it is irrational. ”
Max Parrott's knee grabbing movement with both hands was screenshotted by netizens
Subsequently, Sumatik gave a specific explanation of the situation at that time: "Basically, we judge based on what we see. What we see is a grab and reverse foot forward rotation... That is the first thing to say. The second important thing is that we need to make a decision in a matter of seconds because it's real-time. ”
Asked if "some judgments do take longer" and whether it was time to watch the replay, he replied, "Didn't get" the replay, "We only had this camera angle they gave us, and it looked clean." "Every movement Max makes is super clean and super nice. Like I said, we make judgments about what we see, and everyone is confident about that. He also said that when viewers later saw what they saw on TELEVISION, the scores had already been submitted.
"What was the conversation in the judges' seat at that time?" Sumatik replied: Of course, it's like "damn, that's an angle we've never seen before". But I read an article written by one of your colleagues on Whitelines who compared the move to Maradona's 1986 "Hand of God" goal in Mexico. That's it. The referee didn't see it, but he made a decision that you can't change it after the fact. It's a live score and we have to score from the live stream. That's the angle we saw at the time, and from that point of view, it seems like a legitimate trick.
"If I saw that he didn't catch the board, I guess the score would be different?" Asked this question, Sumatik replied, "Yes, the score will be different. But there are too many factors. ”
In the final part of the interview, he again said that he could not comment on some questions now, and that there were still projects to be carried out in the future, "I do not want to create a potential environment that may affect our judgment". "After all this is over, I will definitely say what I think, what I think can be improved and which can help us. But here's the thing: we judge based on what we see, which is the live score, and we judge from the specific camera angle that we get. ”
As for the controversy, Su Yiming himself generously responded after the game, no matter what, we all had a very good time, Max he really completed a very good set of actions, in fact, in this final, everyone is the first place. Because everyone stands in the olympic final and then goes to do their best.