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In the men's snowboard slope obstacle course final at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, China's 17-year-old Su Yiming lost 88.70 points to Canada's Max Parrote with 90.96 points, winning a silver medal. Su Yiming's new breakthrough in Chinese snowboarding is gratifying, but the news of "misjudgment" that followed was a bit disturbing, and Su Yiming and his coach also responded to it.
Although Su Yiming made history with a silver medal, the accuracy of the referee's score after the game was controversial, and the controversy was mostly from professionals and ski enthusiasts. Subsequently, the report of the referee chief from Slovenia, Iztok Shumatić, was reprinted by multiple media outlets, in which he admitted that the score of Palot, who won the Canadian championship, scored high, specifically, in the referee's replay angle, the Canadian players were not seen to catch the board mistake, and when they realized the mistake, the score had been submitted.
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The referee on duty admitted to the misjudgment, and it was related to the ownership of the Olympic champion, the topic quickly rushed to the hot search, and more and more people hoped to get justice for Su Yiming by speaking out. Against this backdrop, Su Yiming's coach Yasuhiro Sato released an open letter through social platforms. The veteran snowboard instructor said that after the award ceremony, he saw many professionals and enthusiasts say on social media that the score of the competition was strange, so he called the referee of the competition, Iztok Shumatić, together with Su Yiming.
"Calling the referee was mainly to say that although we saw some heated discussion on social media, we didn't care at all about it, and the work of scoring is sometimes really difficult. I told the referee, Mr. Shumatić, that I would like to thank all the referees very much, and Su Yiming expressed the same meaning directly to him. Mr. Schumatić is also very grateful to us.
The culture of skiing is created by everyone, 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. ”
In response to the outside world's doubts about the referee, Su Yiming and his coach Yasuhiro Sato expressed understanding. According to Xinhua News Agency, in fact, some media misread the remarks made by the referee of the competition through professional snowboard websites. Asked if "if the referee did see gold medallist Max Parot not making a tackle, would the score be different," Schumatić replied: "Yes, the score will be different. ”
What Schumatic wants to say is that if judged based on the more angled game footage that appears after the game, not only Parot is likely to get different points, but also other players.
This means that judging by the picture from more angles, Su Yiming is also likely to be deducted points, and under the existing picture angle, the referee ensures that each player is scored fairly.
After the match, public opinion seized on the referee's self-confessed mistakes and insisted that Su Yiming and his family and coach showed respect, understanding, tolerance and positivity.
Under the influence of his parents, Su Yiming began to be exposed to skiing at the age of 4, and at the age of 14, he studied under Yasuhiro Sato. After the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Yasuhiro Sato was invited to coach the Chinese team and became the head coach of the snowboard jump and slope obstacle courses. As a well-known snowboard instructor, Yasuhiro Sato has coached many well-known athletes, including Japan's famous Onizuka Masa, and since he began coaching Su Yiming, Su Yiming's technical ability has been greatly improved, from a "rookie" who can only perform 720 and 540 actions, to the first athlete to complete 1800 in the Olympic snowboarding men's slope obstacle course competition.
While helping Su Yiming to make progress in technical ability, Yasuhiro Sato has not forgotten to help him establish a correct outlook on life and values. After Su Yiming finished the slope obstacle course competition, Yasuhiro Sato had two impressive words in an interview:
Xiao Ming became a top athlete in three and a half years, it is very incredible, his efforts are unimaginable, the whole of China is behind him to support him, thanks to the help of everyone behind him, in order to have this Winter Olympics silver medal.
Slope obstacle course is a very comprehensive project, want to get a high score must be perfect in every link, this jump may be Xiaoming in the props area has some small mistakes, resulting in a loss of a little point, this is part of the game, we will not complain about the referee's judgment, I am proud that Xiaoming can achieve such a result.
Gratitude and introspection, these two words are easy to say, but it is actually very difficult to do, not to mention the misjudgment in the Olympic showdown.
"Teachers, preachers, teachers, and solvers." Coach Sato helped Su Yiming become a top snowboarder, and even more at this age, when he encountered major "doubts", he guided him and made a correct demonstration. It must be said that Su Yiming met a good coach...