The Paper's reporter Pu Yaolei and Ma Zuoyu were sent from Tokyo
Good looking, Xiao Ruoteng.
A scramble on the gymnastics field has sparked a huge whirlpool of controversy.
On the evening of July 28, China's Xiao Ruoteng won the silver medal in the men's all-around final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and the referee's score triggered anger in the tennis world and many gymnastics circles.
Olympic all-around King Yang Wei said that the punishment of this competition was slightly unfair, and gymnasts like Chen Yibing and Li Xiaopeng also gave their own views... But under the controversy, Xiao Ruoteng, as the protagonist, himself seems very calm.
After the game, he did not question the referee's decision, but gave an interview very calmly. This time of disappointment, he only intends to answer with future achievements.
At 0:16 a.m. on the 29th, Xiao Ruoteng responded again through his official Weibo:
For Chinese gymnastics, in the face of the "unspoken rules" of the host, what is needed in the future is to enhance the discourse power and absolute hard power of the international association.
Unfair penalties? The gold medal was "stolen"
Before the final horizontal bar competition, Xiao Ruoteng also ranked first with 73.999 points, and Daiki Hashimoto ranked third with 73.398 points.
However, in the final project, the storm suddenly changed, Xiao Ruoteng came up with an almost perfect performance, but the score was not high, and he was deducted 0.3 points for not signaling to the referee, and only got 14.066 points. Daiki Hashimoto, on the other hand, scored a high score of 14.933, which created a gap of nearly 0.9 points.
Aggrieved Xiao Ruoteng.
In addition, another issue that caused great controversy occurred in the vaulting project - Daiki Hashimoto did not stand when he landed, and even stepped on one foot directly outside the mat, but still scored 14.7 points...
In contrast, Xiao Ruoteng also chose the action with the same difficulty score, did not have such a big mistake, and only scored 14.7 points. Sun Wei, who chose the same difficult action, played perfectly, only scoring 14.9 points, only opening the gap of 0.2 points.
Such scoring standards immediately triggered the discussion of netizens, and professionals in the gymnastics industry also expressed their views and gave their own doubts about the judgment of the game.
Olympic all-around King Yang Wei said on social media: "Hashimoto's vaulting horse jump, second take-off and landing only add up to 0.9 is indeed slightly unfair. ”
Olympic champion Li Xiaopeng sighed: "It's not that I can't understand it, it's that I understand it too well." ”
Olympic champion Chen Yibing also said in an interview that Xiao Ruoteng and Hashimoto Dahui got the same score in the vaulting event with different degrees of mistakes, including the "host advantage", and the horizontal bar project Xiao Ruoteng was deducted 0.3 points for not greeting, and he had never experienced it.
Feng Zhe sent two questions in a row.
Controversy abounded, and Xiao Ruoteng was personable
Puzzled by the referee's scoring standards, there is also the Olympic champion Zhang Chenglong.
He also said on social media: "Hashimoto not only took a big step back when he landed (vaulting), but also went out of bounds, and the final score was 14.7, the same as Xiao Ruoteng, I think this score is a little unfair." ”
But just when there were many doubts on the Internet, Xiao Ruoteng himself chose to face it with calmness.
When he saw Hashimoto Daiki celebrating excitedly after the score came out, Xiao Ruoteng's original look of excitement and expectation faded, but even so, he still generously greeted his opponent.
At the post-match press conference, Xiao Ruoteng, who appeared in front of the reporter, did not appear excited, but very calm.
When asked by the host of the conference to share his post-match feelings, Xiao Ruoteng first whispered to himself: "What do I want to say?" Then he began to speak: "First of all, congratulations to Daiki Hashimoto for winning the first place, and I am very happy with everyone's performance today." ”
He is also proud of his performance: "I am also very happy with my performance, I think I have performed very well. ”
Xiao Ruoteng did not directly question the penalty for the competition, and he also thanked the host of the Olympic Games: "This is my first Olympic Games, and I missed Rio in 2016 due to injury, so this time I cherish this opportunity to come to Tokyo. I originally wanted to come to Tokyo last year, but there was an epidemic and the epidemic has affected the whole of humanity. ”
"I am very touched that everyone is working together to complete this Olympic Games, which makes us more united and also sets a healthy and upward example for all mankind, hoping that everyone will have a beautiful home on the earth in the future."
Xiao Ruoteng and teammate Sun Wei touched the fist.
If you want absolute fairness, don't come and compete
For the difficulties of playing at home in Japan, Xiao Ruoteng seems to have been mentally prepared.
In fact, as early as the previous men's team final, he told reporters that the team anticipated all kinds of unfavorable factors: "(For example, the game is) held in Tokyo, everyone's injuries and illnesses, etc." ”
As for the performance of the all-around final, Xiao Ruoteng is indeed entitled to be proud of himself, as he said after the game: "(Playing) is still good, today is quite resolute, the six items are relatively satisfactory, I am still relatively rare in this kind of six are considered to be a more perfect play." ”
He also thanked his fans: "I am very grateful for their support, the first two days gave me so much support, today my shoulders are not hurting, the tape is not pasted." ”
In fact, not only xiao Ruoteng is participating in the game with his shoulder injury, but teammate Sun Wei is also playing with a wrist injury, but these two players show the same king's temperament while showing the same wonderful performance.
"To borrow a phrase from the movie 'Flying Life': 'If you want fairness, come to a sports game, if you want absolute fairness, don't come to a sports game'!" This is Sun Wei's statement after the game.
Xiao Ruoteng said on social media that because of the great motherland, he "suddenly can do what he thought he couldn't do."
"Injuries, technology, fate, attitudes, it's not a thing! I am here today to show what is the will quality of Chinese athletes! What is courage! What is spirit! ”
Perhaps as Ye Zhennan, deputy leader of the Chinese gymnastics team, said in an interview with People's Daily: "Today, in terms of play, every item is played very well, but the scoring project is like this." ”
The gold medal should have belonged to China.
Strive for the right to speak and improve absolute strength
In the sports arena, there have always been such and such inexplicable situations in recent years - such as Chen Yibing's grievances encountered at the Olympic Games in 2012, such as the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, where the host took advantage of the penalty to make a large profit.
The host's advantage in scoring projects is unavoidable in any competition, which is the "unspoken rule" of the Olympics.
What we can do is to strive for a greater voice in gymnastics and other projects in the competent association. Just like the national table tennis and Liu Guoliang in the World Table Tennis Federation, like the diving "referee's referee" Guo Jingjing.
Only with absolute competitive strength can the so-called host advantage not be played.
And Xiao Ruoteng, who has a strong heart, will not lack the opportunity to prove himself with achievements in the future. If you lose it, you must take it back with your own hands.
Source: The Paper