The chief referee responded to The scoring controversy of the final of the Su Yiming Slope Obstacle: when it was found that the ruling was inconsistent with the facts, it was too late

Chongli, Hebei, 10 Feb (Xinhua) -- Chief referee Iztok Shumatić, who presided over su Yiming's snowboarding men's steeplechase final at the Beijing Winter Olympics, said in a recent interview with a snowboarding professional website that the on-site ruling was indeed flawed, but they could only make judgments based on what they saw 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 silver with 88.70 points in the second skate, making a historic breakthrough in Chinese snowboarding. The gold medal was won by Canada's Max Parrote, whose highest score of 90.96 also came from the second skate.

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, Parot made a Cab-TC-16-I (anti-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 scored a super high score of 9.35 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. (End)