Chongli, Hebei, February 10 (Xinhua) -- In response to the scoring controversy over the men's steeplechase final of the snowboarding men's steeplechase at the Beijing Winter Olympics in which Su Yiming participated, Coach Yasuhiro Sato said through an open letter that he and Su Yiming understood the difficulty of real-time scoring, thanked all referees, and implored the public to end criticism.
On February 7, China's Su Yiming celebrated after the competition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fei Maohua
According to a response from an relevant person of the International Snow Federation to xinhua news agency reporters, some media misread the remarks made by the referee of the competition through the professional snowboard website "whitelines.com".
Sato's open letter said he realized after the final that there could be a problem with scoring. 'To be honest I'm sorry, but I quickly realized that this was also part of the game process, so I respected the result of the penalty award.'
"Moreover, I think that the result of this time may be the motivation for Su Yiming to train harder in the future." Most importantly, our goal is su Yiming to go all out and show the best of herself, we have done it, so we feel very satisfied. ”
The veteran snowboard instructor said that after the award ceremony, he saw many professionals and enthusiasts on social media saying that the score of the competition was strange, so he and Su Yiming called the referee of the competition, Iztok Shumatić.
On February 7, Su Yiming was at the medal presentation ceremony. Photo by Zhang Hongxiang, Xinhua News Agency
"[The content of the call] is mainly to say that although we see some heated discussion on social media, we don't care about it at all, and it's sometimes really difficult to score this job. I told the referee, Mr. Shumatić, that I am very grateful to all the referees today, and Su Yiming directly expressed the same meaning to him. Mr. Schumatić is also very grateful to us. ”
"The culture of skiing is created by everyone together, and it is a family that is active in this circle. People sometimes make mistakes, and that's a matter of course, that's all. I kindly ask you to put an end to all criticism of the judges in the men's slope steeplechase finals of this snowboarding. And please extend your warm congratulations to the gold medalist Max Parrott. Yasuhiro Sato wrote in the letter.
A relevant person from the International Snow Federation also told Xinhua News Agency that some media have misread Shumatić's previous remarks. The person pointed out that what Shumatić called "different fractions" is a "plural.".
According to the article on the above website, when asked if the referee did see gold medalist Max Parrote not making a tackle, would the score be different, Schumatić replied: "Yes, the score will be different." ”
But the person explained that what Schumatić wanted to express was that if judged according to the more angled game footage that appeared after the game, not only Parot could get different points, but also other players.
Judging from the footage based on the referee during the match, Parot did not make a mistake in making the action, that is, the referee did not tend to re-examine the action at that time. Even if the angle of the picture that the referee uses to score is indeed 'limited', they will still use this angle to ensure that each player is scored fairly. The person said.
Regarding the difference between different lens angles and the perception of the game, the person gave an example that through the perspective of the referee's lens, Su Yiming had a hand touching the snow during a slide in the final, so he deducted points accordingly. But from the perspective of the television broadcast camera, the audience cannot see this detail clearly.
"There was no perfect 'winning' slide in the day's game, the referees simply scored based on what they could see during the game." He stressed.