In the men's slope steeplechase final of snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Su Yiming won the silver medal. Referee President Schumatic later admitted that the referee made a mistake in scoring, which led to Su Yiming's failure to win the gold medal, which caused great controversy. Yasuhiro Sato, who coached Su Yiming, wrote on social media reviewing the sides of the controversial penalty, and the following is a full translation.
First of all, thank you to everyone for their support of Su Yiming in the men's slope steeplechase final. On the day of the final, he withstood great pressure, defeated himself brilliantly, and played at his best. I am really happy to see him show Chinese people and the people of the world his side as a member of the Chinese national team.
In the end, he got the silver medal. I would like to congratulate Su Yiming, congratulate his family, salute all those who support him, salute the General Administration of Sport of China, salute the people of Chinese.
On domestic social media, it is believed that Su Yiming's rating is low, Palot's rating is high, and the real gold medal winner is Su Yiming.
After the final, I realized that there might be a problem with the referee. To be honest, Su Yiming and I learned about this after the award ceremony, and I was disappointed that he was ranked second because of the referee's misjudgment.
However, I immediately realized that this was part of the game and we should respect the referee's decision. Moreover, I think this result will become the motivation for Su Yiming to continue to train hard after that.
Most importantly, our goal is to show everyone the best performance of Su Yiming, and we are very happy about it.
After the awards ceremony, I returned to the hotel and noticed that influential foreign media and fans thought the sentence was strange. I noticed this, and after seeing the analysis on social media, Su Yiming and I immediately called the referee Schumatic.
A lot of snowboarders talk about the penalty on various social media, but we don't care. The referee's job is sometimes really difficult and we want to thank them for taking on this difficult task. We thanked all the referees, Su Yiming also thanked the chief referee, and Schumatic was also very grateful to us.
Snowboarding culture relies on the participation of everyone, and everyone involved in the sport forms a big family. It's no surprise that everyone makes mistakes, that's about it.
All the judges, including Sumatić, listened to coaches from all over the world throughout the competition and they have been working hard to make the game better. I hope you will not criticize the referee who served as the final of the slope obstacle course. I would like to congratulate Gold Medalist Palote, his family and all those who supported him.
The men's big jump competition was held on the 14th and 15th, su Yiming will strive to show her best state to the Chinese people, please give us warm support here.
Come on China! China NB!