The referee of the Su Yiming match admitted that the ruling was indeed flawed: it was too late to find out that it was inconsistent with the facts

Yiztok Shumatić, the chief referee of the men's slope steeplechase final of the Beijing Winter Olympics, who presided over Su Yiming's snowboarding, said in a recent interview with a professional snowboard website that the on-site ruling was indeed flawed, but they could only judge based on the pictures seen immediately. When it was discovered that the verdict was inconsistent with the facts, it was too late.

In the final on February 7, Su Yiming won the second skate of 88. 70 points of silver, made a historic breakthrough in China's snowboarding. The gold medal was won by Canada's Max Parrott, who scored a maximum of 90. The 96 points also came from the second slide.

However, the judges' judgment and scoring of Parot's jumping action during the second slide caused controversy among snowboarders.

The real-time scoring bulletin system at the scene of the competition and the data of the INTERNATIONAL Snow Federation website show that in the second taxi of the final, Parrott made a Cab-TC-16-I (reverse foot deflection rotation body for three weeks 1620 degrees plus Indy grab) action in "segment 4", that is, the first jump on the field, and got 9. Super high score of 35 points.

But after watching the slow replay footage broadcast on TELEVISION, many snowboard enthusiasts found that Parot did not actually finish the grab board, but just rested his hands on his knees, so he thought that he should not get the above high score.

After several days of controversy, the referee of the match, Schumatic, responded through a snowboard professional website: "From the perspective of the referee at the time, [we think] Parrott did catch the board, and it was a well-done 1620 move." ”

The veteran snowboard referee said: "When we saw the TV footage (which reflected that Parot did not really catch the board), it was too late, the results had been recorded and the scoring process had been completed. ”

"The referee gives points based on what he sees. Based on the lens angle we get at the scene, Parot's movements are 'clean'. Shumatić also said that not only the referee, but many coaches on the scene also thought parot made the perfect Cab-TC-16-I move.

"The important point I would say is that with the game going on, we have to make a decision (to score) in a very short time. We are always under the pressure of 'punctuality' so that the game can go smoothly. ”

"The referee gives points based on what he sees." He stressed again.

Schumatic admits that in the history of refereeing on snowboard competitions, there is no precedent for referees to ask for replays of footage and judge the actions of players: "Yes, we do have this power, this is only when we think that there may be (scoring) errors. ”

Asked why he didn't ask for a replay in the day's final, Schumatic stressed for the third time: "The referee gave points based on what he saw, and we were very sure of our own judgment at the time." ”

"As chief referee, I am not involved in specific scoring, but I oversee the entire adjudication process. The referees of this game are all very experienced referees, and if they all give points that should not be given at the same time, I think there must be a reason for this. ”

However, Shumatić declined to comment on whether the camera setting for the referee's reference was wrong.

(WYP Source: Xinhua News Agency)